Phillip Willow News Today

A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon.

The White House’s plan to cancel Alaska’s oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and block oil and gas development across a vast swath of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is expected to amp up an already protracted legal fight over fossil fuels in the Arctic.

Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - In documents filed Tuesday in Anchorage, international oil company ConocoPhillips said an ongoing federal court case is likely to make or break Alaska’s largest planned oil development in decades.

Biden approved the Willow project in Alaska, a move that would boost domestic oil production on federal land despite criticism from his green base.

Jody Freeman sits on the board of ConocoPhillips, the firm behind the controversial Willow Project.

Colleagues and students query role of Jody Freeman, who won prestigious research grant despite sitting on ConocoPhillips board

Biden approved the Willow project in Alaska, a move that would boost domestic oil production on federal land despite criticism from his green base.

Ketchikan, Alaska news. Southeast Alaska news, Alaska news, national and world news.

Federal officials reduced ConocoPhillips drill sites at Willow from five to three approved 199 well sites, but environmentalists were still angered by the decision. 

The Biden administrations approval of a major oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decades-long crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.