Post ATxH1mziIZFjm8553Q by Donatella@mas.to
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(DIR) Post #ATxH1m2rpMBIpcY5Ka by GottaLaff@mastodon.social
2023-03-24T21:39:01Z
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Via Aaron Rupar:#Biden on the Willow Project: "My strong inclination was to disapprove of it across the board, but the advice I got from counsel was that if that were the case, we may very well lose in court." Adds that his ultimate goal is to conserve sea and land in #Alaska.
(DIR) Post #ATxH1mziIZFjm8553Q by Donatella@mas.to
2023-03-24T21:45:50Z
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@GottaLaff I need a good explainer on this. So many of my European colleagues are baffled that POTUS 👍🏼this and I don't know what to tell then
(DIR) Post #ATxH1pJHgm60xPFjpw by GottaLaff@mastodon.social
2023-03-24T21:47:42Z
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@Donatella "Fears of a lawsuit galvanized the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ US$8-billion drilling project on the pristine northern reaches of Alaska’s North Slope, the New York Times reported, hours after the controversial decision was announced. “ConocoPhillips has held leases to the prospective drilling site for more than two decades, and administration attorneys argued that refusing a permit would trigger a lawsuit that could cost the government as much as $5 billion.”