Lower-48 Americans may not be ready to think of their towns and cities under water; it's sometime in a future they can presently ignore. But that's not the case for Alaskans.
Explosive allegations leveled by managers reveal that severe cost-cutting efforts could put the integrity of an 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System at risk.
Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 13, 2010.
There is an opportunity for this state to demonstrate that it will act fairly and responsibly to protect its residents from oil spill impacts when the law fails to do so.
Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 4, 2009.
Not surprisingly, the industry's bill requires expedited oil drilling everywhere -- Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, fish-rich Bristol Bay, and on the Florida Gulf Coast and Panhandle.