‘From our perspective, that’s not our impression’
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The Biden administration justified major crackdowns on fossil fuel and mineral development in Alaska by playing up its commitment to Native American tribes, but some community leaders who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation said they did not feel respected by the administration
Overthecourseofthelastfouryears,theBidenadministrationmovedtoshutdowndrillingactivityontensmillionsofacresoflandintheNationalPetroleumReserve-Alaska(NPR-A)andtheArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge(ANWR),retroactivelycanceledleasesalesandeffectivelyblockedamajorminingprojectinthestate,oftentoutingtheadministration’scommitmenttoprotectingtheenvironmentfornativecommunitiesinofficialstatementsandpressreleases.However,theseactionswereamajordisappointmenttosomeofAlaska’snatives,whotoldtheDCNFthattheadministrationseemstohavemostlyignoredtheirdesiretoallowdevelopmentthatgeneratesrevenuesfortheircommunitiesandthattheyarereadytoworkwiththeincomingTrumpadministrationtostrikeanappropriatebalance
