Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on a Major Oil Project in Alaska

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/climate/biden-willow-oil-alaska.html

WASHINGTON — In one of its most consequential climate decisions, the Biden administration is planning to greenlight an enormous $8 billion oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Alaska lawmakers and oil executives have put intense pressure on the White House to approve the project, citing President Biden’s own calls for the industry to increase production amid volatile gas prices.

But the proposal to drill for oil has also galvanized young voters and climate activists, many of whom helped elect Mr. Biden and who would view the decision as a betrayal of the president’s promise that he would pivot the nation away from fossil fuels.

The approval, by the Interior Department, of the largest proposed oil project in the country would mark a turning point in the administration’s approach to fossil fuel development. The courts and Congress have forced Mr. Biden to back away from his campaign pledge of “no more drilling on federal lands, period” and sign off on some limited oil and gas leases. The Willow project would be one of the few oil developments that Mr. Biden has approved freely, without a court or a congressional mandate.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. And, then we have this report..Dunno..

https://democraticunderground.com/10143044852

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. I posted this because it was more recent than the other one. But I guess we'll see next week!

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. News move so fast from one moment to another..

Who's on first..

[NickB79]

4. We'll see what carries more weight, gas prices or climate risks

I'm 90% certain gas prices will win, since we're such short term thinkers as a species.

And that's why I think most of the globe's human civilization will be in collapse by the end of this century, with the resultant mass die off of billions from famine, war and disease.

[Rustynaerduwell]

5. Conoco-Phillips says there's 600 million barrels of oil available. The US uses about 20 mil a day.

All this for what amounts to 30 days worth of fuel.