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.