What does the Arctic tell us about climate change? On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, writer and environmental activist Subhankar Banerjee joins us to discuss the Trump administration’s plans to open nearly all US coastal waters and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
More than a billion acres in fragile ecosystems are in danger. What is being done to save this special place?
Guest:
Subhankar Banerjee, environmental activist, scholar, photographer, and author of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Web Resources:
The New York Times: America’s Wildest Place Is Open for Business
National Geographic: Animals Are Shrinking and Freezing to Death in a Changing Arctic
The NY Times: Here’s What Oil Drilling Looks Like in the Arctic Refuge, 30 Years Later
The NY Times: Trump Would Open Nearly All U.S. Waters to Drilling. But Will They Drill?
Inside Climate News: At Stake in Arctic Refuge Drilling Vote: Money, Wilderness and a Way of Life
