The approval of a new oil drilling project in Alaska's far north risks undermining the president's track record on the environment, campaigners say.
risks undermining his record on the environment and threatening his credibility as a global leader on climate change after approving a new drilling project in Alaska's northernmost region, campaigners said ahead of Monday's announcement.
While activists have hit out at the plans for the estimated 278 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions the project will bring over the course of its 30-year lifespan, it hasover the huge economic benefit it will bring to local communities. Climate activist hold a demonstration to urge President Joe Biden to reject the Willow Project at the U.S. Department of Interior on November 17, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Biden is expected to approve the new oil drilling project this week.
A map of the revised project by the BLM showed the land is to be relinquished to the south and north of the Willow Project's operating region. It also dispensed of the two sites furthest north and south, as well as the roads that would have led to them.avoid or minimize environmental harm from the alternative selected and will implement a monitoring and enforcement program for these requirements.
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