The Biden administration’s approval of an $8 billion oil drilling project in Alaska has anti-fossil fuel activists feeling double-crossed.
The so-called Willow Project, a plan to drill on Alaska’s North Slope inside the federally-owned National Petroleum Reserve, could eventually yield as many as 600 million barrels of oil. Initially approved under the Trump administration, it has the support of both Republicans and Democrats in Alaska, and even Native American tribes who believe it will generate much-needed jobs and revenue.
“We finally did it, Willow is finally reapproved, and we can almost literally feel Alaska’s future brightening because of it,” Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a statement.
Native American Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola also praised the Biden administration for greenlighting the project.
“After years of consistent, determined advocacy for this project, from people all across the state and from every walk of life, the Willow Project is…
