https://www.thedailybeast.com/alaska-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-scientists-work-ignored-altered-to-push-oil-drilling-forward-report
Scientists’ Work Ignored, Altered to Push Ahead With Alaska Oil
Drilling: Report
Jamie Ross
Reporter
Published 07.26.19
Scientific work has been altered or ignored to downplay the potential
damage from oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, Politico reports. The investigation states that an
environmental-impact report into the project, which would usually take
years to complete, has been compressed into just over one year to
expedite the start of the drilling into what is believed to be hundreds
of billions of dollars worth of oil. Current and former employees at the
Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of
Land Management in Alaska told Politico the process has been “off the
rails.” At least two BLM employees have reportedly submitted complaints
about the process, saying findings in their work were changed or left
out. In one case, a biologist’s conclusion was reportedly reversed from
saying the effects of seismic surveys on polar bears were uncertain or
potentially harmful to a finding that it would be “less than
significant.” Another scientist said “fundamental inaccuracies” had been
introduced into his section without his knowledge or consent. Seismic
surveys, a key early stage of development, are likely to take place this
coming winter, according to the report.
[original full article at:
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/trump-science-alaska-drilling-rush/]
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