The Big Story 

President Trump is directing his administration to approve a controversial road that could enable copper and cobalt mining in Alaska, the White House announced.

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In a fact sheet, the White House said Trump would direct his administration to “promptly issue authorizations necessary” for the Ambler Road Project.

The road would provide mining access to an area with deposits of minerals including copper, cobalt, gallium and germanium.

The decision would reverse a Biden-era move to block the road in order to protect wildlife including the Western Arctic caribou herd.

The Trump administration said it was determining that the 211-mile industrial road was “in the public interest” because of the need for “domestic critical minerals.” 

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