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July 11, 2022

Group: Biden's Climate Legacy at Risk If He Approves Massive Willow Oil & Gas Project in Alaska
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Environmental and Indigenous groups are expressing concern the Biden
administration may approve a massive oil and gas development in northern
Alaska known as the Willow project. On Friday, the Biden administration
issued a new environmental analysis for Conoco Phillips's
multibillion-dollar plan. One key backer of the project, Alaska
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, said she hopes construction can begin
this winter. Kristen Miller, conservation director of the Alaska
Wilderness League, said, "If approved the Willow project would be bigger
than any other proposed oil and gas project on our nation's public
lands, and it poses an unparalleled climate and biodiversity threat that
puts President Biden's climate legacy at risk."


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