| Autor: |
Lopez, Barry, Lentfer, Hank, Servid, Carolyn |
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Arctic Refuge; 2001, p76-82, 7p |
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This article concerns with the 2001 plan of the U.S. government to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. The deep predicament with ANWR stems from the collapse and obliteration of a coterie of senior people. The experts--biologists, economists, bureaucrats of various sorts--almost invariably speak from the perspective of present circumstances. One might argue, with respect to ANWR, that elders from among the traditional occupants of the land speak for all of the people. But this will not work. What is at stake is multicultural. No culture has ever been in precisely this situation. The decision at ANWR is not whether or not to prospect for oil. It is whether someone in nominal authority--a federal president, a state governor, a secretary of the interior--will have the courage to choose to draw the line. |
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