Trump Administration’s Alaska Lands Giveaway - CleanTechnica

The article reports on recent decisions by the Trump administration, announced by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, to open large areas of Alaska’s public lands to oil and gas development and infrastructure projects. Key actions include opening the entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for drilling, repealing the previous administration’s leasing program protections, and approving two controversial road projects: the Ambler mining road, which will cut a 211-mile corridor through pristine wilderness including Gates of the Arctic National Park, and a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge via a land exchange with King Cove Corporation. Additionally, nearly 23,600 acres of national lands were transferred to the state of Alaska as part of the Ambler Road decision. These moves have sparked significant environmental and indigenous opposition. The Arctic Refuge is a critical habitat supporting hundreds of species and is central to the subsistence lifestyle of the Gwich’in people, who consider it a sacred place. Environmental groups like the Sierra Club condemn the decisions as