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211 Mile Ambler Road Through The Brooks Range Approved
bearpaw:
--- Quote from: pd on November 20, 2025, 11:06:08 AM ---Build the road. Build out our industrial infrastructure. Reduce dependency on hostile nations.
Implement strict environmental oversight. Mitigate damage. Hold negligent parties accountable.
What is the problem with this?
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:yeah: agreed
dwils233:
--- Quote from: nwmein199 on November 20, 2025, 01:25:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: pd on November 20, 2025, 11:06:08 AM ---Build the road. Build out our industrial infrastructure. Reduce dependency on hostile nations.
Implement strict environmental oversight. Mitigate damage. Hold negligent parties accountable.
What is the problem with this?
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That is a great idea but the problem the reality is that there is no strict environmental oversight, damage is not mitigated, and negligent parties are not held accountable. Open pit mines have a proven record of having devastating effects environmental effects that are not mitigated or any parties ever held accountable.
How is the foreign owned LLC going to be held accountable once the companies dissolve the LLC after they extract resources, move those resources out of the US, and leave a huge mess?
Will the foreign companies running the LLC give the US the resources they extract?
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Bingo. I'm not anti-miner or anti-mining, but I also don't have rose-colored lenses about the industry and how they frequently operate- They get theirs and leave everyone else holding the bag for the consequences, again and again, without the Government ever being able to stop that from happening. What would make this different?
nwmein199:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/legal-filing-challenges-trump-approval-of-ambler-mining-road-through-national-preserve-2026-01-23/
"Groups originally sued the Trump administration in 2020 for illegally approving the proposed road. Trustees filed their opening brief with the court in December 2021, but the court never ruled on the merits of the case. Instead, the Department of the Interior asked the court to allow it to address several legal errors and prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement. The lawsuit was paused during that process.
In 2024 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management determined that the proposed Ambler road’s impacts to communities, food resources, and the land would be too significant and denied the requested right-of-way across BLM lands. The agency took into account the numerous communities and community members along the road corridor who expressed their concerns and strong opposition to the project.
Despite those concerns, the Trump administration reinstated the permits in October 2025, with agencies making no effort to fix the original legal problems or address the major harmful impacts"
Public funds used to build a private road for a foreign mining company that the US government has a 10% stake in does not sit right with me at all.
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