Environmental Battlegrounds

Pete Souza

Chicago Tribune

The Brooks Range is reflected in a small body of water adjacent to the Jago River on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge along the northern slope of Alaska. This coastal plain–the “1002” area–is where the Bush administration hopes to eventually drill for oil. Interior Secretary Gale Norton referred to the coastal plain as 'flat, white nothingness...'

Pete Souza, "Environmental Battlegrounds," in POYi Archive, Item #33684, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/33684 (accessed May 24, 2025).