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3WC:the carribou herds love the north slope oil production and processing facilities.

Maybe they are around that area because that is part of their traditional range area. So someone's done a survey of the herd's opinions of the oil facilities?

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...re1/learn.html
"...Scientists aren't sure if activities related to the oil industry have affected the herds in other areas of the slope, but they have observed that there is a tendency for calving females to avoid oil drilling areas. Other effects are still to be discovered, in part by these monitoring efforts. "

Tell me what biosphere damage has been done by oil drilling on the north slope or in the adjacent off-shore waters where most of the new oil is being found.

With every oil spill, there are fewer and fewer places where the oil company can ask that question. Maybe if more money had been spent on mass transit, instead of keeping oil prices low through subsidies, there would be fewer people solely dependent on cars.

And what's wrong with the word biosphere? It reminds you that we're talking about living things and their interdependence.

http://www.gwichinsteeringcommittee.org/history.html
The oil industry continues its record of wreckage. Consider that on the North Slope:

• 95% of the area is already open to exploration or development by the oil industry;
• 70,000 tons of nitrogen oxides pollute the air each year, more that twice the amount emitted in Washington, DC;
• 500 spills of crude oil, other petroleum products and dozens of other toxic substances occur annually, adding up to 1.9 million gallons spills since 1996;