Tribal governments sue to overturn approval of mining road proposed for Arctic Alaska
The Tanana Chiefs Conference and several Athabascan and Iñupiat villages said environmental reviews of the road were "rushed, flawed, premature, and inadequate."
October 9, 2020
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Several Alaska tribal governments have sued the Trump administration over its approval of a proposed 211-mile industrial road that would cut through the Brooks Range foothills to a mineral-rich but remote area of northwestern Arctic Alaska.
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