Promise to protect 16m acres of Alaska and the Arctic circle from oil drilling comes as president prepares to reveal decision on Willow project
In addition to the drilling ban, the government will put forward new protections for more than 13 million acres of “ecologically sensitive” areas within Alaska’s petroleum reserve, the administration announced on Sunday.The new measures come as sources speaking to Reuters and the New York Times said the Biden administration would on Monday approve ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil project.
It would be located inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 23m acre area on the state’s North Slope that is the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the US.
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