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Transcript: Profile: After 22 years of service, the Alaska pipeline is still a major concern for environmentalists
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- Sounds Like Science (NPR)
- Article date:
- June 19, 1999
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Profile: After 22 years of service, the Alaska pipeline is still a
major concern for environmentalists
Host: IRA FLATOW
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
IRA FLATOW, host:
For almost 22 years, the Trans-Alaska pipeline has been moving crude
oil from the North Slope of the state to the port of Valdez, hundreds
of miles south. The oil fields that feed the pipeline were supposed
to be exhausted by now, but technological improvements may keep oil
flowing through the pipeline for decades. Many environmentalists
worry that the structure is wearing out. Oil industry representatives
say that the Alaska pipeline can keep functioning indefinitely with
proper maintenance. NPR's John ...