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Biden climate legacy at stake after backlash over Willow

President Joe Biden has made fighting climate change a core part of his agenda

The Independent UK

Controversy over Willow Project as US approves oil drilling in Alaska

The Biden administration has made tackling climate change a key plank of its platform. But a new decision from the White House has left environmental activists fuming. This week, it approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska known as the Willow Project. We take a closer look and get…

France 24

Major oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives' rift

The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives

The Independent UK

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Minnesota lawmakers pushing ranked-choice voting for all state, federal races

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly 15 years ago, Minneapolis became the first Minnesota city to switch to ranked-choice voting, acting as a laboratory for a new system that supporters argued would tamp down the sharp division that ails politics.

Tribune News Service

Food influencers are not new

With dishes like fried rice medley and bombe Alaska, "Debbie" helped to influence a generation of Australian cooks

Salon

Colbert on Trump rejecting ‘Meatball Ron’ nickname: ‘He draws the line at meatballs’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump blaming Mike Pence for January 6, nickname options for Ron DeSantis and Biden’s approval of the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

The Guardian - US

US lawsuit filed to stop Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

The Alaska venture will add 239 million metric tons of carbon emissions to the atmosphere over the next 30 years.

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Environmental groups sue Biden admin in bid to halt Willow oil project in Alaska

The coalition alleges the project will spew toxic emissions and greenhouse gas pollution, undermining Biden's climate promises.

Axios

Interior secretary withdraws land exchange but signals support for road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday signaled her support for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that has been at the center of a decades-long battle between the largely Indigenous people of King Cove, who say it will provide lifesaving access to a Cold Bay…

Tribune News Service

Tangy apricot Bavarian whip, fried rice medley and bombe Alaska: what Australia's first food influencer had us cooking

Our food choices are being influenced every day. On social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, food and eating consistently appear on lists of trending topics.

The Conversation

Joe Biden approves huge Willow oil project in Alaska

Climate activists say Biden putting climate legacy at risk

The Independent UK

Biden just betrayed the planet – and his own campaign vows

Biden promised no more drilling on federal lands, ‘period, period’. This week he approved the massive Willow project

The Guardian - US

Willow oil drilling project in Alaska: Here’s what to know

US government decision to greenlight ConocoPhillips Alaska’s $8bn Willow oil project received praise and condemnation.

Al Jazeera

Biden’s approval of Willow project shows inconsistency of US’s first ‘climate president’

Biden may have promised ‘no more drilling on federal lands, period’ during his campaign, but the reality has been very different

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The Independent UK

Alaska oil project approval adds yet 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

Salon

Biden breaks pledge, OKs oil venture

The administration approved the controversial ConocoPhillips venture while also limiting future drilling elsewhere

Tribune News Service

Alaska oil project approved as protection sought for other areas

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Monday approved the operation of a massive oil and gas facility on Alaska’s North Slope, a ConocoPhillips project called Willow supported by the state’s congressional delegation but opposed by environmental groups.

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The Biden administration approves the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska

Environmental advocates opposed to the oil drilling project have called it a "carbon bomb," but proponents such as Alaska politicians and labor unions say it will bring jobs and revenue to the state.

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Al Jazeera

US approves contentious oil drilling project in Alaska

Biden administration’s approval of Willow project in northwestern US state draws condemnation from environmental groups.

The Independent UK

Alaska's Willow oil project is controversial. Here's why.

Supporters say a major oil project President Joe Biden is OK'ing on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities while environmentalists say it runs counter to his climate goals

The Guardian - US

Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fears

Roll Call

Alaska oil project approved as protection sought for other areas - Roll Call

A massive oil and gas facility in was approved by the Biden administration, which also proposed new drilling limits elsewhere in Alaska.

The Independent UK

Joe Biden approves huge Willow oil project in Alaska

The Biden administration is approving the major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope

Al Jazeera

US to approve Alaska ‘carbon bomb’ drilling project: Reports

Reported decision to proceed with the Willow project comes as curbs on energy extraction in the region were announced.

The Guardian - US

Alaska’s Willow arctic drilling project is a climate turning-point. Biden must say no

If approved in full, the Willow project would mean the construction of 219 wells and hundreds of miles of pipelines

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