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.
A major new Arctic oil field prompted a deal to protect caribou. Then Trump officials backed out. In December, the Interior Department scrapped an agreement with the village of Nuiqsut to restrict oil development near important caribou grounds. Now, the village is suing.
In new agreement with state, Indigenous landowners soften resistance to Ambler Road Three Alaska Native corporations and the state agency pushing the Ambler Road quietly signed a nonbinding agreement late last year.
ConocoPhillips says North Slope drilling will continue mostly as planned after rig collapse The company said it will replace “The Beast” with another Doyon rig.
‘Harm against our family’: Alaska’s Indigenous leaders call for solidarity with Greenlanders amid Trump’s threats “We are essentially the same people."
Alaska's oil renaissance has arrived at the doorstep of an Iñupiaq village 'Do you want your kids to see a drilling rig right outside your window?' asked one local leader in Nuiqsut.