Biden faces criticism from environmentalists over Alaska oil-permit decision
The Biden administration approved the large-scale and controversial Willow drilling project for ConocoPhillips on Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope on Monday.
The official drilling approval comes a day after the administration, in what it hopes is viewed as keeping conservation considerations alive, said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. The project, located in the federally designated National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, enjoys widespread political support in the state. Alaska Native state lawmakers recently met with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to urge support for Willow.
Climate activists say allowing oil company ConocoPhillips to move forward with the drilling plan also would break Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on public lands. NRDC estimates the project will generate planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to more than 1 million homes.
The withdrawal of the offshore area ensures that important habitat for whales, seals, polar bears and other wildlife “will be protected in perpetuity from extractive development,″ the White House said in a statement.
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