Trump Orders Approval of Alaska Mining Road

Published OCT 7

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Above: President Donald Trump, left, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office on Oct. 6, 2025. Image copyright: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

The Ambler project will strengthen America's economic independence by unlocking billions in domestic copper and critical minerals. The new access road to the Ambler district will end dangerous reliance on China for essential materials needed in defense and energy sectors. This long-overdue project will generate massive revenue while securing America's mineral supply chain.

New York Post FOX News

Democratic narrative

The Ambler project will destroy America's largest national park landscape and 1,400 acres of wetlands to enrich a foreign Canadian company. This industrial corridor divides caribou migration routes and causes irreversible environmental damage, opposed by thousands of Alaskans. The government's investment in Trilogy Metals sends profits overseas while devastating the wilderness.

National Parks Conservation Association Common Dreams