Alaska leaders cheer Trump oil and gas drilling executive order
Fox News
President Donald Trump's executive order to boost oil drilling, mining, and logging in Alaska was met with enthusiasm by some state leaders and worry by environmental groups.
"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 again take place. It means Alaska can begin the process [of] finally getting its remain[ing] acreage of land from the federal government." He went on to say that the move creates the possibility of "thousands and thousands of jobs."
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