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Alaska's relationship with oil

Alaska's relationship with oil

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Jeff Lund
Nov 17, 2024
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Once a private road, the Dalton Highway was opened to the public and allowed people to access the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, 250 miles north from the next nearest gas station.

Shortly after Donald Trump was elected, the Biden Administration moved to decrease drilling for oil on the North Slope. A political move to soften…

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