Federal agency pegs $4M for Arctic refuge infrastructure

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Dan Joling, Associated Press
Updated 3:29 pm, Thursday, June 7, 2018

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Interior Department plans to spend $4 million in the section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where petroleum drilling may be allowed.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in a release Thursday said the spending will be part of nearly $5.9 million approved in Alaska for critical U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service infrastructure.

The wilderness area has little infrastructure. The department says money will be spent to improve existing facilities, construct outbuildings and support "heightened levels of activity."

The Trump administration in April announced a 60-day environmental review for a refuge lease sale.



Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Federal-agency-pegs-4M-for-Arctic-refuge-12976437.php

[turbinetree]

1. So with the Arctic ocean rising and the wildlife getting screwed, and the Inuit and Yupik

tundra melting under there feet............what could possibly go wrong.......................I don't think 4 million will cover the costs...............

[Freethinker65]

2. So taxpayers get to pay for the roads corporations will use to destroy the area

And taxpayers will pay for some of the structures and for their maintenance. And taxpayers will get to pay the costs for any and all environmental damage done. And the corporations will get to extract the resources and sell them globally taking all of the profits for themselves and shareholders. MAGA

[Submariner]

3. This is the part where they build a gravel road in the winter with heavy equipment

over the permafrost. Like the photo, it will have nice steep sides to hinder the young caribou trying to get over the damn thing so it can make it to the ocean to get relief from the mosquito infestations.