Murkowski won big time with Biden’s oil project. She knows it, too.
The Alaska Republican details her years-long campaign to win over the president’s team.
By Emma Dumain
03/15/2023 09:00 AM EDT
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has long lobbied presidents from both parties to support energy development in her state. | Francis Chung/E&E News
For nearly two years, Sen. Lisa Murkowski played the long game on expanding drilling in Alaska: She voted for many of President Joe Biden’s key nominees. She backed several of the Democratic president’s legislative priorities. And all the while, she bent the ears of top White House officials every chance she could.
All that work has paid off — in a big way.
On Monday, the Interior Department, at Biden’s direction, announced it would move forward with a scaled-back, but still expansive, plan for energy extraction in the Alaska Republican’s home state.
The massive ConocoPhillips endeavor, called the Willow project, will at its peak produce 180,000 barrels of oil a day across 68,000 acres inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Advocates say it will be an economic game changer for the state and even the nation, while environmentalists called it Biden’s single biggest climate betrayal since taking office.
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@mystery-ak I KNOW next to nothing about her,but isn't that the job of politicans. People vote for them in order to protect and increase their comfort levels by increasing their income.
I am GUESSING that most of the people who live in Alaska are thrilled at this news.
NOT defending any or all of this,just taking note.
