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Alaska and Hawaii

"Murkowski Introduces Bill To Reverse Trump’s Mount McKinley Name Change"

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation on Thursday to rename North America’s highest mountain “Denali,” after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office changing its name to Mount McKinley."

Source: The Hill, 02/18/2025

Trump’s Denali Effort Puts A Spotlight On A Little-Known Panel Of Experts

"Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate American greatness and to recognize those who have made contributions throughout history. ... The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role."

Source: AP, 01/28/2025

"Trump Wants to Rename Denali. Alaska Lawmakers Don’t."

"President Donald J. Trump’s plan to return Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, to its earlier name, Mount McKinley, has run into opposition from Alaska lawmakers."

Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2025

"Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska"

"The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/23/2025

"Threatened And Endangered Parks: National Parks And The Mines Next Door"

"As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/13/2025

"Trump Is ‘Sympathetic’ To Executive Order On Alaskan Drilling, Senator Says"

"President-elect Donald Trump appears “very sympathetic” to requests to issue an executive order reversing many of President Joe Biden’s energy policies in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said in an interview Thursday, a move with sweeping implications for oil and gas drilling on millions of acres of federal lands in the state."

Source: Washington Post, 01/10/2025

"Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped."

"One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder."

Source: NYTimes, 01/09/2025

"Biden's Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Auction Ripe for Challenge"

"The Biden administration’s decision to include restrictions in the auction of oil drilling rights in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is legally vulnerable as the state looks to the next administration to allow more oil development."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/13/2024

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