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3 reasons the Willow Arctic oil drilling project was approved – it's the latest battle in a long fight over Alaska's North Slope

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 Conversation

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

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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Biden slammed for oil project approval

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

Salon

Joe Biden approves huge Willow oil project in Alaska

Climate activists say Biden putting climate legacy at risk

The Independent UK

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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Biden breaks pledge, OKs oil venture

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

Salon

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

US approves contentious oil drilling project in Alaska

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

Al Jazeera

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

Biden administration approves vast Willow oil project in Alaska

The project could produce about 576 million barrels of oil over 30 years.

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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.

Axios

Biden's Arctic oil drama

The White House is looking to strike a political balance with new decisions on Arctic oil.

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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Biden to protect 16 million acres in Alaska as oil project decision nears

The action comes ahead of the Biden admin's expected approval of the controversial Willow oil project.

WEKU

As Biden weighs the Willow oil project, he blocks other Alaska drilling

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

The Independent UK

As Biden weighs Willow, he saves other areas from drilling

President Joe Biden will announce on Monday new protections against oil drilling in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean

The Guardian - US

Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approved

Signing off on the Willow plan would place the president’s political career in conflict with climate-minded Democrats

Tribune News Service

Biden officials back Alaska oil project that critics call a climate catastrophe

The Biden administration has decided to authorize a mammoth ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska, rejecting arguments from environmental activists who insist it will exacerbate climate change, according to people familiar with the matter.

WEKU

Can TikTokkers sway Biden on oil drilling? The #StopWillow campaign, explained

The Biden administration is expected to announce whether a $6 billion arctic drilling plan can move forward soon, an issue that's galvanized millions of TikTokkers into taking action, digitally.

Tribune News Service

Biden hears Oval Office plea for Alaska oil project in lobbying frenzy

WASHINGTON — Alaska’s congressional delegation personally appealed to President Joe Biden to approve a proposed ConocoPhillips oil development in the state, joining a last-minute lobbying frenzy around the project that’s being cast as a test of his commitment to combating climate change.

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