Trump approves contentious drilling, mining in Alaska |
The Trump administration is opening up more drilling in a contentious Alaskan wildlife refuge that was restricted under the Biden administration.
It’s also approving two other contentious projects in Alaska: Ambler Road, which will enable copper and cobalt mining; and Izembek Road, which will cut through a wildlife refuge to give a remote community airport access.
The Interior Department said in a press release that it was issuing a final approval of a plan to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s (ANWR) 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain for oil and gas development.
The Biden administration had