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In a recent interview Robert Oppenheimer (Director of the first U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests) said, "We did the devil's work". This statement makes us realize that people who were in charge of carrying out the first nuclear weapons tests, during the 1960's, themselves realize that the tests they had participated in are having several unforeseen ill effects in the future. The book Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, written by Terry Tempest Williams, talks about the unforeseen effects of these nuclear tests on a local Salt Lake City family. The book also talks about the flooding during the winter of 1982 through the summer of 1984 that devastated Salt Lake City. Terry Tempest Williams goes into specific details on the effects of the flooding on a local bird migratory refuge. This scene of natural devastation is played out on the backdrop of her mother's battle with cancer, as a result of living downhill from a nuclear weapons test site. William's ability to deal with both of these major changes in her life is mainly discussed in the book, with the advocation of a ban on nuclear weapons testing.
Terry Tempest Williams, a fifth-generation Mormon, grew up in Salt Lake City. Williams worked as a naturalist-in-residence at the Utah Museum of Natural History and also served as a professor at the University of Utah. Growing up in Salt Lake City, Williams often visited the migratory bird refugee, which was almost destroyed during the flooding of the early 1980's. The effects of the flooding on the refuge made Williams deeply concerned about environmental issues, which led to her becoming an environmentalist author. Williams describes her writing as, "Through my biases of gender, geography, and culture, that I am a women whose ideas have been shaped by the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin, that these ideas are then sorted out through the prism of my culture- and my culture is Mormon.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been a home for many endangered animals. ... Therefore, this it is pointless to put the Refuge in jeopardy. ... Another problem with opening up to oil production is the fact that Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will benefit the United States more as a refuge. ... Due to the emotion behind the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a plethora of active groups have been working to change the refuge into a national monument. ... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge emerged as a hotly debated is! ...
With that being the case, I found The City of Refuge Men's Shelter, directed by David McKinney. ... The City of Refuge, is located in downtown Idaho Falls, and provides services to homeless men 18 years old and older. ... The City of Refuge was established in September 1998 as a men's emergency shelter offering shelter, meals and clothing. Over the years City of Refuge has evolved to community resource serving the evening meal to the hungry in Idaho Falls. ... As specified before the City of Refuge can house 20 men we have 20 beds in two dorms which mean we can sleep 20 men we can fe...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been the topic of much heated political debate recently. ... The purpose of the refuge is to preserve the unique wildlife, wilderness and recreational values that are present in the Refuge. ... The Refuge was further modified on December 2, 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and another 9,160,000 acres was added to the original size of the Refuge. ... The Refuge is also singularly unique as it is the only refuge which dens all three species of North American bears, black, grizzly and polar, within its borders. The Refuge contain...
They argue that only 8% of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge would be considered for exploration. Fact: The ANWR is the largest unit in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge is America's finest example of an intact naturally functioning community of artic/subartic ecosystems. ... The Refuge's primary mandate is "to protect wildlife and habitats for the benefit of people now and in the future. ... We cannot recreate the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. ...
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers 19 million acres of forests, mountains, wetlands, tundra, and wild rivers. It is the second largest wildlife refuge in the United States. ... There are a wide variety of marine mammals that migrate to the Beaufort Sea, off the cost of the refuge, during the summertime (Big Oil Q & A). ... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's web page explains the risks of drilling in "Big Oil Q & A": Wildlife and plant life that live in or use the seasonally rich coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlif...
I went to the "YWCA" which is another domestic violence shelter where I sought safety and refuge from my abuser. ... Both facilities are a refuge for women who suffer from domestic violence. ... The main purpose of this center is to provide women a place of refuge to which they can flee from their abuser. ...
Drilling For Oil In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge And the Devastating Reality For decades now, oil companies have pressured for the House and the Senate to allow for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). ... In refute of this, some proponents state that any amount of oil in the refuge would lower oil and gasoline prices at the pump. ... More than 135 bird species gather on the coastal plain of the refuge for breeding, nesting, and migratory stops ("Life on..."). ... Proponents try to lessen the severity of the matter by saying that today's new oil-de...
Drilling oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is an important issue for environmentalists, Americans, and the future of the United States. ANWR is the largest of Alaska's 16 national wildlife refuges (Lee). ... Environmentalists claim that the refuge is the crown jewel of the American wilderness, and home for many caribou - the flagship species of the Arctic (Lovins). ... For lovers of teeming wildlife, vast open spaces, and snowy vistas, a visit to the Arctic Refuge could be the trip of a lifetime (Scheer). ... Of these 19 million acres, almost 18 million have been...
