ANWR
This resource has been under contestion for extraction from ANWR.
What is oil?
Protected areas account for _ percent of the world's total land surface.
What is 10%?
In 1849, this state was the place of one of the most notable gold rushes in the U.S.
What is California?
These non-renewable energy sources accounted for over 80% of current U.S energy production.
What are fossil fuels?
This president founded the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), aimed at protecting wildlife areas in America.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Extraction of biomass has resulted in large scale deforestation of this rainforest.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
The first National Park established.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This energy source is often associated with dams that generate power from flowing water.
What is hydroelectric power?
This organization founded by John Muir has played a pivotal role in the protection of ANWR.
What is the Sierra Club?
This African country is well-known for its diamond mines, in addition to profitable beef and tourism industries.
What is Botswana?
The oil boom in this state began in 1901 with the discovery of oil in Spindletop.
What is Texas?
This controversial process of hydraulic 'fracturing' is used to extract resources from bedrock.
What is Fracking?
The Porcupine Herd, consists of these animals that uses the coastal plain areas for calving grounds in the spring.
What are caribou?
This animal, considered a flagship species, is the logo of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
What is a panda?
Hydroelectric power production is utilized this famous waterwall near New York.
What is Niagara Falls?
This energy source creates electricity through the use of large turbines.
What is wind energy?
This area in ANWR has been under controversy for the oil drilling and development taking place.
What is the 1002 area?
Found in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, this element essential to the production of batteries has caused controversy of soil degradation and biodiversity loss.
What is Lithium?
This "bayou" state has converted public land to private land to restore miles of natural coastline lost from oil drilling and pipelines.
What is Louisiana?
This resource has been mined in areas close to the Grand Canyon, often an essential part of nuclear energy production.
What is Uranium?