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Focuses on the looming conflict between Alaskan Gov. Walter Hickel and United States Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt over natural resources in Alaska. Some of the projects Hickel is anxious to launch in the state; Babbitt's environmentalist's views; Governor regarded as one of the last of the `boomers' who can dream up and push through big projects; How Hickel sees Babbitt; Amount of land the interior secretary controls in the US.

Focuses on problems related to the approval of the construction of a trans-Alaskan oil pipeline by U.S. Interior Secretary Rogers B. Morton. Reasons for the delay in the construction of the pipeline; Objections of environmentalists to the construction of the pipeline; Sources that are capable to supply crude oil to the U.S.; Significance of the Alaskan oil for the U.S.; Views that the environmentalists' objections to the Alaskan pipeline arise from fears that wildlife life-cycle and migration patterns will be disrupted; Opinion that this project has been planned in order to satisfy petroleum thirst of the U.S.

Focuses on the environmental team and environmental policies of United States President George W. Bush. Debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; Advocacy of Interior Secretary Gale Norton to free-market environmentalism; Support given by Environmental Protection Agency Chairman Christine Todd Whitman for anti-sprawl and growth initiatives.

Focuses on environmental policies of the administration of United States President George W. Bush. Proposal to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil development; Low-profile maneuvers to undermine many of the nation's environmental laws and regulations; 'Pro-business' reputations of appointments to major environmental posts.

Comments on the political debate surrounding the energy bill which would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling for oil and natural gas. Concern of environmentalists; Idea that sometimes lofty environmentalism is a cover for crude politics; Argument that some environmental policies are feel-good indulgences for an era of energy abundances; Mention of how Ben & Jerry's ice cream, which is preferred by environmentalists, is actually not a very environmentally conservative product.

Reports on the argument on how to spend compensation awarded to Alaska for the oil spilled by the `Exxon Valdez.' Amount of money; What environmentalists want and scientists want; Reaction from Charles Cole, Alaska's attorney general, one of the people who decides how it will be spent.

The article presents an outlook for the environmental agendas of the Democratic Party if they win the majority in the U.S. Congress in the November 2006 elections. The Democrats aim to block the Republican plan to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development. Democratic leaders plan to hold hearings on policies of the administration of President George W. Bush governing mercury emissions from power plants. Senator Barbara Boxer is in line to head the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Features the contributions of several Republican leaders to environmental protection in the U.S. Establishment of the U.S. Forest Service by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt; Bills on the protection of the environment signed and encouraged into law by former U.S. President Richard Nixon; Contributions of Connecticut Representative Nancy Johnson to a bill that would designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

Criticizes the United States government's environmental policies. Battle between the Congress and the administration over the management of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Political factors that influence the policies.

Reports that the U.S. House of Representatives have dropped a bill allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in June 2004. Attempt made by Republican proponents to pursue the project; Withdrawal of support on the project by the United Mine Workers; Cause of the miner's decision.

Discusses a debate on natural resource development and resource conservation in the U.S. Congress. Details on the harvest of timber from Alaska's Tongass National Forest and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Comment from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young on the effect of environmental policies on the state's timber industry.