[snip] << Hello All- Here's an infuriating piece of news on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge issue.
The news came over a topic-based listserve on image processing and
remote
sensing. A scientist working with the USGS was fired because he placed
maps of caribou calving areas in the Arctic Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on the
web.
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I think this means that one or more oil companies (Exxon? Chevron?) intend to drill in areas they know are calving grounds.
What happens to native people who depend on the caribou?
And isn't it fun that Exxon? Chevron? Another? gets to fire a government employee? That tells me who's boss.
-- John K. Taber