Politics

Election Will Decide Fate of Alaska Gold Mine, Electric Cars

  • Biden promises to veto Keystone XL and block Arctic drilling
  • Sliding scale of risk awaits projects whether Trump, Biden win
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could contain 11.8 billion barrels of crude oil.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Oil drilling in the Arctic and the Pebble gold mine in Alaska aren’t actually on the ballot -- but they might as well be.