JUNEAU â 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.
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 environmental review law violations. The filing defends the reviews underpinning last fall s decision approving project plans.
A coalition of groups sued to invalidate the Trump-era approval. An appeals court earlier this year halted certain construction activities, and parties in the case later agreed to keep in place construction activity limits until Dec. 1 while the underlying case continued.
Colorado Highway 82 over Independence Pass will be reopened for the season by the time you read this, and with the opening comes some great hiking opportunities.
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