Alaska oil drilling plan approved
The approval of Conoco-Phillips' big Willow drilling project by the Bureau of Land Management will allow three drill sites including up to 199 total wells.
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The approval of Conoco-Phillips' big Willow drilling project by the Bureau of Land Management will allow three drill sites including up to 199 total wells.
Biden OKs controversial, huge Willow oil drilling in Alaska from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT
By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
The project has been criticized heavily by climate activists, who say the president's decision to allow it to proceed jeopardizes his environmental legacy.
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration said Monday that it is approving the Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation that it flies in the face of the Democratic president's pledges to slow climate change.