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Recent Article by Asal Mohammadi ‘27
This story is part of The 89 Percent Project, an initiative of the global journalism collaboration with Covering Climate Now.
Remember “drill, baby, drill”? This served as one of the most notable phrases during the presidential electoral campaign of the Trump Administration in 2024. It is finally starting to materialize, and by extension, so are the consequences.
On Monday, October 6, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that approved the Ambler Road Project, a 26-mile-long gravel road that cuts into the Arctic National Park in Northwest Alaska. The acceptance of this plan followed the Senate’s approval of Trump’s Budget Bill, which opened up protected lands to mining and drilling, especially in mineral- and resource-dense places like Alaska.
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