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Biden Finds No Olive Branches on Alaska’s North Slope in Pending Willow Decision

Biden Finds No Olive Branches on Alaska’s North Slope in Pending Willow Decision
Alaska’s Republican U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola stand together before a contingent of Alaskans who traveled more than 4,000 miles to Washington on March 1 to call on President Joe Biden to approve the state's $8 billion Willow Project. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
John Haughey
John Haughey
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3/3/2023|Updated: 3/3/2023
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President Joe Biden is stuck between Alaska’s North Slope and a hard place in pondering his pending decision to deny or endorse Conoco-Phillips’ $8 billion Willow Project, the largest new oil field development proposed in the United States in decades.

Among Biden’s 2020 campaign pledges was “no, no, no more” new oil drilling on federal public lands, a key component in his plan to halve the nation’s carbon emissions by 2030.

John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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