The northern lights illuminate the sky over Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 20, 2026. Mark Thiessen/AP Photo
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is opening up roughly 2.1 million acres of public land in Alaska for major energy projects, according to a Feb. 20 statement.
The land is in Alaska’s Dalton Utility Corridor, which includes the Alaska Liquid Natural Gas line, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and the Ambler Road project, which aims to develop a 211-mile mining road in the region.
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