Three high-level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, to make good on a day one promise from the president: unleashing Alaska’s resource potential .

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin are part of a group that will travel to the North Slope on Monday and later participate in Governor Mike Dunleavy’s sustainable energy conference in Anchorage.

After a roundtable with energy stakeholders Sunday morning, Zeldin said the administration wants to balance protecting the environment with growing the nation’s economy.

“We don’t have to pick one or the other. We choose both,” Zeldin said. “It is my three favorite words — they were spoken about in different ways over the course of this morning’s roundtable — ap

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