Written by Varun Hukeri on May 28, 2021. Posted in Latest news
After Killing Keystone, Biden Admin Backs Trump’s Alaskan Oil Drilling Project
national petroleum reserve ConocoPhillipsThe Biden administration is backing a proposed ConocoPhillips oil drilling project in Alaska that was initially approved late last year under former President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department filed a brief Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for Alaska, defending the Trump-era decision to approve the proposal, according to Reuters.
The multi-billion-dollar project to drill in part of the National Petroleum Reserve, known as the Willow Master Development Plan, aims to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years.
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit last December alleging the project’s environmental impact statement did not meet the requirements under existing environmental regulations.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/after-killing-keystone-biden-admin-backs-trumps-alaskan-oil-drilling-project/
