How can economic development and preservation of our environment coexist?

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Of Oil, ANWR and Environmental Reconciliation
by John A. Baden, Ph.D.
With prices of oil near $35 per barrel and natural gas above $5 per million BTU, the debate over development versus the preservation of natural landscapes has re-erupted.
Think of the oil lying under Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as a huge electromagnet [...]