Analysis: The Biden administration will approve one of the largest oil developments ever on federal land Monday, according to three people familiar with the decision.
build three well pads as part of its multibillion-dollarthe nation’s largest expanse of public land, said the three individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private deliberations.The decision shrinks the project from the five pads that ConocoPhillips had originally proposed, but it allows what company officials have described as a site large enough for them to move forward and start construction within days.
Seeking to offset concern about the development, Biden will also declare the Arctic Ocean off-limits to oil and gas leasing, theannounced Sunday. The department will also write new regulations protecting nearly 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, including ecologically sensitive areas that provide habitat for thousands of caribou and shorebirds.
But those olive-branch efforts are hardly satisfying to environmentalists, who are watching with frustration as Biden prepares to approve an operation that couldThe White House would not confirm Sunday its decision on Willow. White House press secretaryA ConocoPhillips spokesman said the company would not comment until it sees a final decision, which the administration has yet to make public.
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