Thursday, April 16, 2020

Alaska: At the Edge of the Earth


Why are some Indigenous peoples trying to stop a Trump administration plan to allow oil drilling in northern Alaska?


The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a protected region in Alaska's far north, is one of the world's last few unspoiled environments - a remarkable wilderness that is home to endangered polar bears, grey wolves and wild caribou.
But now the Trump administration, brushing aside objections from Democrats in Congress, is pressing ahead with plans to let oil and gas companies drill in the refuge.


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