Proponents of oil development in Alaska have been making promises, and breaking them, for decades. More than thirty years of industrial activity in Alaska have demonstrated that oil production is inherently a dirty business. Despite the industry’s best intentions to minimize impacts, environmental and social effects are accumulating and resulting in lasting harm to ecosystems and indigenous cultures. This report calls attention to the many gaps between promise and reality, casting doubt on the reassurances being made by drilling proponents and their allies.

• Tags: alaska, America's Arctic, development, gas, leasing, oil
• Related Campaigns: Energy

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a resource extraction method used to break down underground rock formations to release natural gas or oil. To release gas trapped within thin layers of rock, natural gas producers inject a pressurized mixture of water, sand, and chemical into oil or gas wells or coalmine methane beds, a process that breaks down the formations and allows the gas to flow.

• Tags: development, fracking, gas, hydraulic fracturing, methane, oil, oil and gas development
• Related Campaigns: Energy

This brief is submitted as part of the NEPA process for this land management proposal. It is intended to:

• Tags: BLM, development, gas, habitat fragmentation, NEPA, oil, wildlife
• Related Campaigns: Energy