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Interior Department delivers a blow to giant open-pit mine near two national parks
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Interior Department delivers a blow to giant open-pit mine near two national parks

A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native communities and their lifestyle more than previously estimated.

Interior Department delivers a blow to giant open-pit mine near two national parks
Photo by Joris Beugels on Unsplash

Interior Department delivers a blow to giant open-pit mine near two national parks

A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native communities and their lifestyle more than previously estimated.

Interior Department delivers a blow to giant open-pit mine near two national parks

A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native communities and their lifestyle more than previously estimated.

alaska river rust
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Alaska’s rivers are rusting

Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy—and in some cases, they may be becoming more acidic.

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Study: Alaska permafrost is less plentiful and more fragile than believed

Study: Alaska permafrost is less plentiful and more fragile than believed

The report documents an absence of the permanently frozen ground along a northeastern coastal site in the state.
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To save way of life, Native defenders push to protect the Arctic refuge
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To save way of life, Native defenders push to protect the Arctic refuge

In an e360 interview, Gwich'in elder Sarah James talks about the Trump administration's move to open these lands to development and why the fate of the refuge and of her people are intertwined.

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