Class Topics: 

• The Arctic Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
• Contested Access to Public Lands
• The Public Domain

Readings:     

Chapter 9 of Walter Ronsenbaum's Environmental Politics and Policy. (10th Ediction), Washington, DC: CQ Press.

Homework Assignment:           

1. Given the ongoing demand for energy to fuel not only the U.S. economy but the worldwide economy also, the ANWR controversy remains one of the most turbulent of all controversies principally because of the large oil reserves to be found there and the staunch defense from environmentalists over drilling on the land. At issue is what is fact and what is fiction. In 5 pages provide me with your perspective on this policy issue.