Aaron and Kate are joined by Kristen Miller, Executive Director of the Alaska Wilderness League, to talk about some big steps to protect public lands in Alaska made by the Biden administration this spring. They include increased protections for 13 million acres inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, as well as the cancellation of a proposed 200-mile road that would have stretched across part of Alaska called the Ambler Road. 

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• The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining – Washington Post
  
• The coal industry, running on fumes, likely to shrink more with new EPA power plant rule – USA Today
  
• Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve – Associated Press
  
• Tribes, activists gird for fight over Ambler Road rejection – E&E News
  
• Haaland visits site of proposed Southern California monument – E&E News
  

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