Environmentalists urge U.S. to plan 'phasedown' of Alaska's

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 1,287-kilometre pipeline, which is Alaska's economic lifeline.

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