ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Northern Canada, Porcupine Caribou, National Energy Board
Document Summary
Polar imperative was written in 2010: a lot has happened since then, important: anwar. According to the usa geological survey, they think that the arctic circle may contain about 25% of the undiscovered natural oil and 13% of undiscovered gas. Usa and russia are both betting there is a lot of gas stored in the arctic circle: canada"s approach. 2006-2015 there were a lot of oil companies interested in the land. They would go up and survey it. He really saw north canada as our future (harper) Wanted to make canada an oil superpower. Looking to the north for his legacy: problems. Major concern around migration routes, habitat destruction. Bp oil spill they tried to clean it up, but they needed a plan that they didn"t have. How would they clean it up in the arctic. Oil companies applying for a permit to drill are not always thinking about the ecological impact.
