Biden approves controversial oil drilling project in Alaska

The US is being sued over oil project in Alaska

Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for the approval of an oil project in Alaska.

The Biden administration just approved a huge oil project in Alaska

The Willow project threatens local lifeways and wildlife in Nuiqsut, Alaska.

US approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

The hotly debated Willow oil drilling project has been approved in Alaska, a decision that could exacerbate climate change and imperil wildlife

Biden administration approves massive Willow oil project in Alaska

By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is approving a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in Alaska, the U.S. Department of Interior said on Monday, drawing cheers from Alaskan officials and the oil industry but criticism from environmental advocates. The decision follows an aggressive eleventh-hour campaign from opponents who had argued…

Biden administration approves $8B Alaska oil development project

The Biden administration Monday officially approved the Willow Project, an $8 billon oil development project proposed by ConocoPhillips in the Alaskan arctic. While proponents of the project lauded the decision as a crucial source of job creation and revenue, some environmental groups and lawmakers derided the project as a “carbon bomb,” which severely undercuts President Joe Biden’s credentials on climate change. The Biden administration’s fina…

Alaska oil project approval raises another climate concern

The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.