BidenPresident Joe Biden’s administration today ignored pressure from environmentalists to approve Alaska’s controversial North SlopeOildrilling plan.
Agence France-Presse reported,ministry of internal affairsEnergy giant ConocoPhillips has been granted approval to drill for oil at three sites in the federally-managed National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope.
The Biden administration has faced intense pressure from environmental groups in recent days for not approving the so-called Willow project.
The Associated Press reported that environmentalists concerned about climate change issues pointed out that allowing ConocoPhillips to promote oil drilling plans would go against Biden’s campaign policy that year, namely preventing new oil drilling plans on state-owned land. .
The Willow project has a peak oil production of 180,000 barrels per day, or about 576 million barrels of total production over 30 years.
Environmental groups have expressed dismay at the US Department of the Interior’s move to approve the drilling program.
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