A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims federal agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving the Willow project because of its potential impacts to sensitive Arctic environments, subsistence users and climate change.
March 15, 2023
Tim Woody, a spokesperson for one of the plaintiffs, The Wilderness Society, appeared on Alaska Public Media’s “Talk of Alaska” Tuesday. Woody said Willow runs counter to the administration’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions“Part of that means we don’t commit to long-term, massive oil and gas extraction projects that will drastically increase greenhouse gas emissions over such a long period of time,” he said.
This map from the Bureau of Land Management shows the site of the Willow development on the North Slope of Alaska. Willow’s drill sites are marked by squares.
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