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By approving the Willow project, President Biden broke his pledge to halt new oil drilling, author and journalist Stephen J. Lyons writes in a Chicago Tribune column.
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural gas leak at another North Slope field that prompted the evacuation of 300 employees last year.
The Willow Project is supposed to secure energy independence and Alaskan prosperity. It probably won’t achieve either.
Biden has proven that he won’t be the “green” US president after throwing his support behind the new Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.
The Biden administration’s decision to approve an $8 billion ConocoPhillips Alaska oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska swiftly drew both celebration and condemnation in Alaska and Outside.