Biden admin suspends Alaska mining road plans approved in Trump era, citing 'significant deficiencies' in environmental analysis
The Biden administration asked a court Tuesday to send a Trump-era permit approval for an Alaska mining road running through Indigenous territory back to the Interior Department for further analysis on environmental impacts.The Interior Department is asking the court to remand the right-of-way decision to the agency to correct the significant deficiencies we have identified in the underlying analyses," the department said in an emailed statement.filing in the U.S.
The Ambler Metals joint venture between Australian mining company South32, the Vancouver-based Trilogy Metal and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority had set aside $60 million for this year "in preparation for the road and associated mines in the area,"Brian Ridley, president of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, a nonprofit representing 42 tribes in interior Alaska, saidcalling for the State of Alaska to drop the road proposal altogether that they appreciated that the...
The "Ambler road represents a fundamental threat to our people, our subsistence way of life and our cultural resources," Ridley said.
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