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The Biden administration said that it is approving Alaska’s Willow oil project, a major drilling initiative that environmentalists say is counter to the country’s climate goals.

The Biden administration on Monday approved one the nation’s largest-ever oil drilling projects, a development in Alaska’s Arctic north that is fiercely opposed by environmentalists.

White House approves controversial ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drilling project

The Willow project could produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day and generate billions of dollars in royalties and tax revenues, ConocoPhillips said

The Biden administration on Monday approved Alaska’s largest oil and gas development in decades after a bipartisan lobbying effort by members of the state’s congressional delegation and the state Legislature.

ConocoPhillips welcomes the Department of the Interior’s Record of Decision (ROD) on the Willow project, adopting the three core pads detailed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) preferred Alternative E.

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Republican Senator Dan Sullivan says so. But not all groups close to the drilling sites support the project, which Biden approved on Monday.

"The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change."

The Biden administration approved the Willow project, Alaska’s largest oil and gas development in decades, after bipartisan lobbying efforts.