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WATCHING THE WORLD: Bearing up in the Arctic

01/28/2008
The US Minerals Management Service has begun an evaluation of the environmental issues associated with future federal Outer Continental Shelf lease sales for oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off Alaska.That will really upset environmentalists around the world.Ahead of any protests, MMS said it will prepare an environmental impact statement focusing on the potential environmental effects of the sales from exploration, development, and production of the area proposed for leasing.The area to be evaluated for Beaufort Sea Sales 209 and 217, slated for 2009 and 2011 respectively, encompasses 33 million acres, 3 to 205 statute miles off Alaska’s northern coast.The ...
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