BP / Applied Marinee Sciences / GETTY IMAGES / Exxon / Shell Oil Co. / Prudhoe Bay / Pew Environment Group / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
University of Alaska / University of Maryland’s Center / /
IndustryTerm
oil reservoir / oil and gas development / influence oil spill recovery / oil weathering / natural gas / oil gushing / oil spill / chemical dispersants / oil / oil and gas activities / oil and gas industry / oil industry / oil prices / /
DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management / Regulation and Enforcement / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Ocean Conservancy / federal government / University of Alaska / Fairbanks / Department of the Interior / North Slope Department of Wildlife Management / University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science / Environmental Protection Agency / /
Person
Kenneth Salazar / Tom Weingartner / J. Craig George / Alan Springer / Chadwick Jay / Curtis Smith / Robert Spies / Jacqueline Grebmeier / Henry Huntington / Brenda Pierce / CHARLES SCHMIDT / Michael Macrander / Stanley Senner / /
Position
USGS program coordinator / physical oceanographer / arctic specialist / science director / president / senior wildlife biologist / environmental ecologist / spokesperson / research professor / Secretary / chief scientist / writer / director of conservation science / USGS ecologist / environmental ecologist in Alaska / /
ENERGY Despite Data Gaps, U.S. Moves Closer to Drilling in Arctic Ocean Last week, the Department of the Interior (DOI) conditionally approved Shell Oil Co.’s