Alaska's political leaders are cheering an executive order that aims to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state. But environmental groups say Trump's policies are worrisome.

An oil pipeline in the remote North Slope of Alaska. The village of Kaktovik is seen Oct. 14 at the edge of Barter Island in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. A rig at a drilling site ...

FILE - The snow-covered coastal plain area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is seen, with the Brooks Range at right, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) ...