President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday approving construction on an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, rolling back environmental restrictions imposed by the Biden administration.
Supporters of the projects have called it essential to reach copper, zinc, and cobalt deposits in order to boost the domestic supply chain of critical minerals.
“This was something that should have been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals and everything else,” Trump said during an event in the Oval Office Monday afternoon.
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The president referred to the initial federal permits issued for the Ambler Access Project during his first administration in 2020, and criticized former President Joe Biden for suspending it last year.
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