Can Wilderness Coexist With Oil Exploration?

Scars from oil exploration activiy in northern Alaska are still visible eighteen years later.

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March 12, 2003, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The panel found that wildlife had generally adapted well to oil drilling. But the wilderness in the sense of wildness and sweep and emptiness was another matter...The panel noted last week that no federal or state rules require oil companies to remove leftover equipment, gravel beds and other vestiges of exploited wells..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Debating Whether Oil Wells and Wilderness Mix

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 in The New York Times

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