President Joe Biden has given the green light for the Willow Project to drill for oil in the state of Alaska.
Environmentalists have slammed the decision as not fitting with Biden’s pledge to cut emissions.
This 2019 aerial photo provided by Conoco Phillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope
This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICAUS: Biden approves controversial oil drilling Willow Project 16 hours ago
President Joe Biden has given the green light for the Willow Project to drill for oil in the state of Alaska.
Environmentalists have slammed the decision as not fitting with Biden’s pledge to cut emissions.
US President Joe Biden came under fire on Monday after his administration announced the approval of a $6 billion (€5.59 billion) oil drilling project in the north-western state of Alaska, despite pledges from the president to promote clean energy.
The White House gave approval to the US energy giant ConocoPhillips to drill at three sites on Alaska’s North Slope — the largest undisturbed tract of land in the country — while refusing permission for a fourth site.
The decision came after a push by environmental groups to hold Biden to his promise of not approving any new leases for oil and gas projects on federal land.
Earth justice President Abigail Dillen said, “We are too late in the climate crisis to approve massive oil and gas projects that directly undermine the new clean economy that the Biden administration committed to advancing.””We know President Biden understands the existential threat of climate, but he is approving a project that derails his own climate goals.”