History of Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The history of Alaska dates back to the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period (around 12,000 BC), when Asiatic groups crossed the Bering Land Bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of Eur...
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Export of oil transported in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was banned until 1996. Between 1996 and 2004, a total of about 95.49 million barrels of crude oil, equal to 2.7% of Alaskan production during that period, was exported to foreign countries.
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tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/crudeoil_faqs.asp
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Moreover, the bulk of Alaska's oil is in remote and hostile environments, ... Members who favored an overland pipeline, or simply resented the exploitation of an energy "emergency" (the Organization of Oil Producing Countries' oil embargo) to railroad what would otherwise have been unpopular legislation through Congress,
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Nor is the oil companies' problem in Alaska a shortage. Recall that back in 1995 British Petroleum, Arco and Chevron entreated President Clinton to cancel the 20-year ban on export of crude oil from Alaska to other countries. ... Al Gore: A User's Manual by Cockburn and St. Clair;; Buy This Explosive; New Book at...
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The council, a non-profit representing Alaska's tribal governments, agreed to spearhead the program in Alaska with help from regional Native nonprofits. The money is intended to buy oil and all help has been volunteered.
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www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnn64189.htm
www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnn64189.htm
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He wants those countries to support Venezuela's bid to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council, ... The council, a nonprofit representing Alaska's tribal governments, agreed to spearhead the program in Alaska with help from regional Native nonprofits. The money is intended to buy oil and all help has been volunteer.
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alaskafreepress.com/node/66
alaskafreepress.com/node/66
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Allowing export of Alaska oil and gas also could improve U.S. ... There is often talk about countries l1outbidding1' each other during a supply crisis, but in a free market this would not be the case. As the price went up, those persons (n ot countries wishing to buy the oil would have to pay the higher price, and oil use...
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www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg248.cf...
www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg248.cfm
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While Congress and the presidential candidates debate the wisdom of a windfall tax on oil companies, Alaska has already imposed one, hauling in billions of dollars in new revenue for the state treasury. ... Buy ads...
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was formed to design, build and operate this trans-Alaska oil pipeline; ... Later that year, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, declared an embargo on the shipment of oil to the countries that supported Israel in a recent conflict with Egypt. Gasoline prices in the United States nearly doubled,
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