The order covers most Alaska land-use controversies in recent years. Court challenges are likely.
Donald Trump gives a speech during an Anchorage campaign rally at the Alaska Airlines Center on Saturday, Jul. 9, 2022.
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to undo most of his predecessor’s work on Alaska energy and environmental issues. The order entitled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” was among dozens Trump signed.calls for new leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and much more. It covers nearly every major land-use controversy in Alaska this century.
“Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must continue to be known by the rightful name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans, who have stewarded the land since time immemorial,” she wrote in a Many of Trump’s actions are certain to be challenged in court on grounds that they defy laws Congress passed.
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