The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Protected … but … there are oil reserves there … And the Prudhoe Bay oilfield is nearly exhausted.
Table Coal, Oil and Natural Gas. Energy Quiz BP SPILL BP Spill BP Commentary energy/great-energy-challenge/oil-spill-quiz
Chapter 14 Energy from Fossil Fuels. Mountaintop removal mining Tourists and climbers visit the White Mountains in New Hampshire – The White Mountain.
OIL Oil is a fossil fuel produced by decomposition of deeply buried organic material such as plants under high temperatures and pressures for millions.
Grasslands and Tundra. Temperate grasslands Found in areas of moderate rainfall, typically between 25 and 75 cm per year. Dry seasons sufficient to exclude.
ANWR. Conflict ANWR likely has one of the largest untapped oil deposits left in the United States. ANWR is one of the last true ``wilderness’’ areas.
Chapter 14 Energy from Fossil Fuels. Mountaintop removal mining An economical way of reaching coal seams It has devastated parts of West Virginia, Kentucky,
APES Review Part II. Coal-several (400) hundred years Oil- about a decade until supplies peak Natural Gas – at least a 50 year supply in the United States.