In his March 21 column in the Sun-Times (“Big Banks Must Stop Lending to Big Oil”), Ben Jealous refers to the recent Biden administration approval of the Willow oil-drilling project by ConocoPhillips in Alaska.
The administration’s approval of this project is deeply disappointing. It violates Joe Biden’s promise during the 2020 presidential campaign to stop drilling on public lands. The oil that these wells produce will release 277 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It’s as if we added 2 million cars powered by gasoline to the roads, exacerbating the climate crisis.
