. but the facts speak for themselves. the mendenhall glacier alone receded by five hundred fifty meters from two thousand and seven to two thousand and fifteen there appears to be a lack of political will to reverse the trend. elsewhere in alaska people are banking on a new oil and gas boom under president obama offshore drilling was outlawed in large areas of the arctic that s now changing under trump republican mead treadwell was a politician in alaska today he advises big companies he sees a golden age ahead for the state president trump has kept his promises to alaska to reverse obama s policy on energy to push exports to push infrastructure to push national security to reduce regulation we re seeing all those things happen. me treadwell wants to convince us of the advantages of climate change and invites us