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Climate Change Is Straining Alaska’s Arctic. A New Mining Road May Push the Region Past the Brink
- Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic.
- A new mining road may exacerbate this issue, leading the region closer to its limits.
- The road would fragment the habitat of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, potentially hindering their migration patterns.
- The operation could generate enormous quantities of waste rock and risk spills of heavy metals into waterways.
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Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink
In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.
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Proposed Ambler Access Road in Alaska divides Inupiaq community
In Northwest Alaska, Inupiaq villagers already struggling with vanishing caribou, declining salmon and record floods are split over a 211-mile mining road that promises jobs and minerals for the energy transition, but could further damage a fragile, rapidly warming landscape.
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