President Biden is reportedly green-lighting a massive oil drilling project that climate activists have dubbed a 'carbon bomb' and lawmakers have cheered for its economic benefits.
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The Department of Interior will publish the final decision on the Willow Project, but President Biden and senior White House officials have been actively involved in overseeing the approval process. Industry groups, Alaska lawmakers and local communities urged the president to approve the project for its economic benefits while activists argued it would have a devastating impact on the environment.
"The Willow project is a climate disaster waiting to happen that would devastate wildlife, lands, AK communities, and our climate," the Sierra Club tweeted Friday."We need to speed our transition to clean energy, not double-down on oil and gas." "If this story is right, it's a complete betrayal of Biden's promise not to allow more drilling and a complete catastrophe to rein in climate chaos," Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., tweeted following the reports Friday."You can't ask other countries to forego their fossil fuels if we keep greenlighting projects here in America."Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and other members of his state's congressional delegation have been vocal proponents of the Willow Project. "In the long term, the revenues from Willow will pay for essential state services like public safety and investments in our education system."
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