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Protecting the Arctic: The Impact of Oil Development on Health and the Environment

The Arctic region, particularly the North Slope oil fields, faces serious air pollution challenges. Health effects, such as asthma, have been linked to increased smog from oil development. Residents are concerned about diminishing air quality impacting their livelihoods and health. The risks of oil spills from pipelines pose a significant environmental threat, as evidenced by incidents in 2001 and 2006 where substantial oil was released due to human activities and corrosion. This raises important questions about the balance between economic development and ecological preservation in sensitive Arctic habitats.

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Protecting the Arctic: The Impact of Oil Development on Health and the Environment

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  1. Protecting the Arctic

  2. TAPS

  3. Pipelines, roads, drill rig at North Slope oil fields

  4. Air Pollution • Air pollution impacts on the North Slope are serious • Health effects: Asthma • “In addition to stress contributing to adverse health effects, oil development has increased the smog and haze near some villages, which residents believe is causing an increase in asthma.”(National Research Council 2003)

  5. In Situ Burn Is This Clean Air?

  6. Alpine Oil Field (NPRA)

  7. MINING DEVELOPMENT IN ALASKA

  8. SUBSISTENCE: A WAY OF LIFE

  9. RISK: Pipelines Pose a Risk to the Environment In 2001, Daniel Carson Lewis shot a gun into the 800 mile Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. 250,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled out of the gunshot hole. In 2006 after an oil spill from a transit pipe in Prudhoe Bay, BP discovered 16 of 22 miles of transit pipes were corroded. Some of the pipes had corroded as much as 80 percent.

  10. Fish on the coast of the Chukchi

  11. Fish on the coast of the Chukchi

  12. We have special people in our lives to guide our work.

  13. We need to take time to think about this do we want to let them drill in the Arctic?

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