The #Interior Dept will to announce that there should be “no action” on the federal land where the road known as the #AmblerAccessProject would be built…. A formal denial of the project will come later this year….
The road was essential to reach what is estimated to be a $7.5B copper deposit buried under #EcologicallySensitiveLand. There are currently no #mines in the area & no requests for permits have been filed w/the govt; the road was a first step.
Blocking the industrial road would be an enormous victory for opponents who have argued for years that it would threaten #wildlife as well as #Alaska Native tribes that rely on hunting & fishing.
…The move comes as the #Biden admin tries to find a balance between 2 different & sometimes opposing goals.
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