Stevens asks for guide to the future, gets condemnation of the past

Zero impact, zero development seem standards in North Slope cumulative impact study from National Academies, but report does quell one rumor: there is no accumulated impact from oil and saltwater spills

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

In 1999 U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens asked Congress to fund a study by the National Academy of Sciences on cumulative effects of North Slope oil and gas activities. He saw the results March 3 and he was not happy. In a March 4 statement Stevens said the report has been used to bring forth information that....

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