The Alaska Gas Pipeline

by Stefan Kiesbye (Editor)

Overview

Running from Alaska's North Slope to Calgary, Canada, the Alaska Gas Pipeline is expected to provide a steady supply of gas and make the United States more energy independent. What are costs to the environment? Will migratory patterns be altered to the point where species die off? Is the focus on natural gas as a "clean" alternative to oil misguided? This anthology tackles these questions and other relevant concerns in accessible essays. Readers will learn about the science and the politics behind the energy revolution, and efforts to extract minerals from the North Slope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737748659
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	06/26/2010
Series:	At Issue Series: Environment
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Review: The Alaska Gas Pipeline "Each well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion."—Booklist, March 2011

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