US EditionUS appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska’s Willow oil project
- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to vacate the Biden administration's March 2023 approval of ConocoPhillips' Willow oil project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
- This ruling follows a prior 2021 overturn of an earlier Willow approval from the Trump era, after an environmental review process under Biden faced legal challenges from environmental and Indigenous groups.
- The court found procedural errors by the Bureau of Land Management in approving three drilling sites with up to 199 wells but deemed them insufficient to block the project, while environmental critics argued the agency limited alternative development plans.
- ConocoPhillips expressed approval of the decision and anticipates responsibly advancing the Willow project, aiming to begin initial oil extraction by 2029 on a site that occupies a very small fraction of the overall reserve.
- The ruling allows Willow to proceed amid ongoing debate about regional industrialization and climate commitments, and attorneys from environmental groups are considering appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Drill, Baby, Drill: Appeals court says Alaska’s Willow Project can proceed
A three‑judge panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday declined to take apart a Biden-era federal approval for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project on the edge of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Though the court said there were some procedural shortcomings in the Bureau of Land Management’s review, those errors were minor in nature […] The post Drill, Baby, Drill: Appeals court says Alaska’s Willow Project can proceed appeared f…
Appeals court upholds approval of Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope
The ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. building in Anchorage is seen on June 28, 2023. The company has said it will spend at least $7 billion to develop the huge Willow field and that first production is expected by the end of the decade. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope, even though it identified one flaw with the action. …
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U.S. appeals court refuses to overturn Biden administration approval of Alaska’s Willow oil project
The court’s majority opinion found what it called a procedural but not substantive error by the Bureau of Land Management in its analysis of the project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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US appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska's Willow oil project
A federal appeals court panel has refused to vacate the approval of the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope.
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