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Tonight we're learning that a major new reversal on u.s. environmental policy may have involved president trump. cnn has exclusive details of an air force one meeting that could throw out more than a decade of scientific warnings about a controversial copper and gold mine. cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin reports. >> reporter: the meeting took place on the tarmac during an air force one stopover june 26th. alaska governor mike dunleavy, a pro-mining, pro-business, anti-epa governor met with donald trump for nearly a half hour. >> just got off of air force one with being wi...

Bristol bay in alaska is one of the world's great habitats for salmon. it could be in danger now that the trump administration has cleared the way for the construction of a new gold mine. a meeting on the president's plane, air force one, set everything in motion. cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin has the exclusive details. >> reporter: the meeting took place on the tarmac during an air force one stopover june alaska governor mike dunleavy, pro mining, pro business, anti-epa governor met with donald trump for nearly half an hour. >> just got off of air force one meeting wit...

Place june 26th. alaska governor dunleavy met with president trump for more than a half-hour. dunleavy has been moving for approval of a massive gold and copper mine, plans for the bristol bay watershed, home to breeding grounds for salmon fisheries. and after his meeting aboard air force one, dunleavy said this about the president. >> he believes in the opportunities in alaska. >> inside epa, the very next day, june 27th. top epa officials in washington held an internal video conference with settle and told the staff the epa was removing a special protection for bristol bay and clearing the w...

Pushed for the approval of a massive gold and copper mine known as the pebble mine, planned for alaska's bristol bay watershed, home to the breeding grounds for one of the world's largest and most pristine sock said eye salmon fisheries. after his meeting aboard air force one, dunleavy said this about the president. >> he really believes in the opportunities here in alaska and he's doing the work. >> reporter: saying the very next day, june 27th, top epa officials held a video conference with seattle and told the staff the epa was removing a special permission for bristol bay, in essence clear...

Throw out more than a decade of scientific warnings with about a controversial copper and gold mine. senior investigative correspondent drew griffin reports. >> the meeting took place on the tarmac during of an air force one stenoover june 26th. alaska governor mike done levy abpromining, probusiness anti-epa governor met with trump for a half hour. >> just got off air force one with president trump. >> done levy has been pushing for approval of a massive gold and copper mine planned for the bristle bay water shed home to breeding grounds for one of the world's largest and most pristine sock e...