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A foreign mining company just got the green light to carve an illegal private road through one of America’s last wild national parks - closed to the public, open for profit.

The Ambler Road would slice 211 miles through Alaska’s Brooks Range, across rivers, tundra, and caribou migration routes, to reach a speculative copper mine owned by foreign investors.

It was already rejected last year after an exhaustive review found “significant adverse impacts” that would violate federal law.

Eighty-nine Alaska Native tribes opposed it.

Eighty-two percent of public testimony opposed it.

The permits were denied.

Trump overturned that decision this week with a single executive order - sidestepping ANILCA, the Clean Water Act, and every legal safeguard that stood in the way.

If they can carve an illegal road through a national park, they can do it anywhere.

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Trump Tries to Ram Mining Road Through Pristine Alaskan Wilderness
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