The Biden administration’s approval of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives. Some say oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change, others say the project is economically vital.
March 16, 2023 GMTThis 2019 photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope.The Biden administration's approval of the massive oil development in northern Alaska on Monday, March 13, 2023, commits the U.S. to yet another decades-long crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.
ConocoPhillips' Willow project was approved Monday and would result in at least 263 million tons of planet-warming gases over 30 years. This 2019 photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope.The Biden administration's approval of the massive oil development in northern Alaska on Monday, March 13, 2023, commits the U.S.
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