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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/major-oil-project-approval-intensifies-alaska-natives-rift/"></div>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives, with some saying that oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change and others defending the project as economically vital. Two lawsuits filed almost immediately […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_...

By MARK THIESSEN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

Six conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the federal government Tuesday, a day after the Biden administration approved the Willow project — the $8 billion ConocoPhilips oil development located in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The lawsuit claims federal agencies violated the Nation

The Biden administration's approval this week of a massive oil drilling project in northern Alaska amounts to "a betrayal" of the president's pledges on climate change and endangers Arctic communities with pollution, said faith-based organizations who joined environmental and Indigenous groups in condemning the decision.

Over the weekend, PJ Media’s Rick Moran reported that President Joe Biden was expected to approve an oil drilling project on federal land in Alaska. Sure enough, he did so on Monday, and in esse...