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The venture is supposed to secure energy independence and Alaskan prosperity. It probably won’t do either

For more than six decades, Alaska’s North Slope has been a focus of intense controversy over oil development and wilderness protection, with no end in sight. Willow field, a 600-million-barrel, US$8 billion oil project recently approved by the Biden administration – to the outrage of environmental and climate activists –…

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

U.S. oil prices dropped Wednesday to their lowest levels since December 2021 and energy stocks responded.

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

The Willow project, as proposed by ConocoPhillips, has been dubbed a “carbon bomb” by climate advocates

Climate activists say Biden putting climate legacy at risk

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

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

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

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.