Environmental legacy of the pipeline

A group of 798 pipeliners welds a section of the Trans Alaska Pipeline. (Photo courtesy of Diane Schenker)

Environmental groups lost their fight to stop the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. But along the way they brought to light an obscure bit of federal code that requires intense scrutiny of every major construction project.

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HOST: Lori Townsend

GUESTS:

  • Rick Steiner – Environmental Activist and consultant
  • Art Davidson – Environmental Activist
  • Statewide callers 

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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.

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Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.

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