Willow

Greens sue Biden over Willow oil project approval

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Greens sue Biden over Willow oil project approval

[ad_1] BLM failed to follow requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act to consider alternatives that would lessen the project’s impact on the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, or NPR-A, or to take a required “hard look” at the project’s cumulative impacts, including on climate change, the suit alleges. The groups also charge BLM with failing to … Read more

Biden to put Arctic waters off limits to new oil leases as Willow decision looms

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Biden to put Arctic waters off limits to new oil leases as Willow decision looms

[ad_1] The White House has been mulling the Willow decision for weeks. The deliberations have focused on the legal constraints posed by the fact that Conoco has held some leases for decades and “has certain valid, existing rights granted by prior Administrations, limiting the Biden Administration’s options,” the official continued. Stopping new oil leases, plus … Read more