The Biden administration is reportedly on the verge of giving environmentalists a huge victory by rejecting a key roadway needed to access mineral deposits in Alaska, according to The New York Times.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is poised to shoot down a mining company’s request to build a 211-mile long road through a remote region of Alaska that would be needed to access copper deposits potentially worth $7.5 billion, according to the Times, which granted individuals familiar with the decision anonymity to speak freely about the subject.
The roadway — known as the Ambler Access Project — was a prospective first step toward mining the copper reserves, but environmental activists have long opposed the road because of the disturbances it could cause to the wilderness and Native American tribes by extension.
