What was one benefit and one risk of the gas pipeline from Alaska to the US?

Benefit : Easier access to Natural gas

The pipeline made it much more easier to transport natural gas from its mining point in Prudhoe Bay, North Alaska to the areas where it was be needed by the residents of Alaska.

Risk: Environmental damage

Transporting oil always come with the risk that there could be a spill or leak for a myriad of reasons. Should this happen with the pipeline, vulnerable flora and fauna could be lost in the ensuing destruction that would be wreaked on the environment.

president jefferson protested this interference in american trade. he sent james monroe to london to negotiate a treaty. jefferson wanted britain to stop taking sailors from american ships, and to stop interfering in the trade of neutral nations. monroe tried many times to discuss such an agreement. but the british foreign minister was always too busy to see him.

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