
One of the plethora of executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. While state political leaders are cheering the move, environmental groups see it as worrying.State political leaders see development of the fossil fuel industry as critical to Alaska's economic future."What do they mean?" Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on X about the executive orders. "It means Alaska is back in business!""It means a timber industry in the Tongass National Forest can once...