The Biden administration is reconsidering a controversial mining access road in Alaska’s Arctic
A road to the Ambler Mining District was approved by the Trump administration. Now the Interior Department wants to pause court challenges while it weighs its next move.
October 1, 2021
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The Biden administration is taking a fresh look at Trump-era approvals for a controversial 211-mile industrial access road planned across the Brooks Range foothills in Arctic Alaska, according to court documents filed this week.
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