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The action places leases purchased in January in limbo.

By BECKY BOHRER The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska  — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a

U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska's North Slope.…

JUNEAU — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaskas North Slope. Critics say the action flies in the face of President Joe Bidens pledges to address climate change. U.S. Justice Department attorneys, in a filing Wednesday, wrote that opponents of the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska were seeking to stop development by "cherry-picking" the records of federal agencies to claim enviro...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump admin...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska’s North Slope. Critics say the action flies in the face of President Joe Biden's pledges to address climate change.

Environmentalists pledged to fight the Biden administration's defense of a $6 billion oil and gas project on Alaska's North Slope, setting up a conflict with green groups that have largely cheered the Interior Department's newly tougher stance on fossil fuel extraction on public lands.