In court, Pebble developer says 27 salmon stand in the massive mine’s way "I'll kill them all right now, with my bare hands," one mine booster said in a recent video posted online.
First he scoured the Pacific for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane. Now he wants to search Alaska’s seafloor for minerals. The Trump administration could open federal waters off Alaska to mineral leasing, but the effort faces broad opposition.
A giant lease sale could launch a new era of oil on Alaska's North Slope Two huge companies thought to have little interest in Alaska investment, Shell and ExxonMobil, spent millions to buy new leases on the North Slope — though drilling still faces obstacles.
One of Alaska’s flagship mines soon could draw energy from the sun Red Dog is racing to displace costly diesel with solar power before federal tax credits expire.
After spending big on Donlin, billionaire sells stake in company with Ambler prospects John Paulson sold a relatively small stake in Trilogy Metals around the time Trump officials announced a direct government investment in the company.
Trump is all in on mining in Alaska. With one glaring exception: Pebble. Lawyers for the Trump administration are defending a Biden-era decision to veto the controversial Pebble project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.
Ambler Road agreement calls for private access, subsistence safeguards and Native corporation contracts Northern Journal obtained a copy of a recent agreement between Alaska Native corporations and the state agency pushing the contentious Ambler Road project.