Legal challenges from environmental groups are likely.
With its recent approval of the ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project on Alaska's North Slope, the Biden administration appears to have backtracked on its election promise not to allow any more oil drilling on federal lands. This has drawn the ire of environmental groups. However, rejecting the proposal was also not so straightforward. Here's everything you need to know about what led to this controversial decision.
Those opposed to the project are Alaska Natives that live closer to the planned project as they are concerned about the health and environmental impact of the drilling. Environmentalist groups from various parts of the U.S. are also against it since the project is estimated to release 9.2 million metric tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere – the equivalent of putting two million gas-powered cars on the roads.
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