Key Highlights
- Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate voted Thursday night to pass a resolution from Rep.
- Nick Begich, R-Alaska, that formally reversed a Biden-era rule restricting more than 1 million acres to development in the refuge, where Native communities like Kaktovik reside.
- Sen.
- Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., notably spoke out on the Senate floor against the effort, saying that Congress rightly established the refuge in 1980 but neglected to properly protect the "very fragile ecosystem" there from development, calling it "America’s Serengeti." TRUMP ADMIN ANNOUNCES BIG STEP TOWARD ‘ENERGY DOMINANCE’ WITH MASSIVE ALASKA LNG PROJECT ALLIANCE The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is seen in northern Alaska in an undated photo.
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