As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling

Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests

The project has been criticized heavily by climate activists, who say the president's decision to allow it to proceed jeopardizes his environmental legacy.

Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests

The project has been criticized heavily by climate activists, who say the president's decision to allow it to proceed jeopardizes his environmental legacy.

Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests

The project has been criticized heavily by climate activists, who say the president's decision to allow it to proceed jeopardizes his environmental legacy.

Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests

The project has been criticized heavily by climate activists, who say the president's decision to allow it to proceed jeopardizes his environmental legacy.

Biden blocks 16 million acres of federal land and water in Alaska from future oil drilling

The move coming ahead of an expected announcement Monday of the approval for three of five drilling sites for the Willow Project.

Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests

The announcement came a day after the administration, in a move in the other direction toward conservation, said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.