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Trump to sign executive order supporting oil and gas drilling in Alaska

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President-elect Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at unleashing potential for oil and gas development in Alaska .

The order will aim to unleash all of Alaska ’s “natural resource potential,” including timber, seafood, and critical minerals.

Alaska has taken center stage in the debate over increased domestic drilling in recent years , particularly as administrations disagreed on leasing in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge .