Biden closes Arctic to oil — after Willow
The Biden administration — which is expected to approve the massive Willow project in the Arctic — said Sunday it will move on protections against further
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The Biden administration — which is expected to approve the massive Willow project in the Arctic — said Sunday it will move on protections against further
If approved in full, the Willow project would mean the construction of 219 wells and hundreds of miles of pipelines
Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fears
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) blasted President Joe Biden over his administration's approval of the Willow Project, a large-scale oil drilling venture that has stoked the ire of environmentalists.
The Biden administration has approved a major oil drilling project in Alaska known as Willow that will produce hundreds of millions of barrels of oil over the coming decades, a move that infuriated climate activists who accused the president of undercutting his own green agenda.