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Environmentalists urge US to plan ‘phasedown’ of Alaska’s key oil pipeline amid climate concerns

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a “managed phasedown” of the 800-mile (1,287-kilometer) pipeline, which is Alaska’s economic lifeline. The request comes more than a year after the Biden administration approved […]