Category: Alaska oil project

Sen. Manchin Defends Biden Approval For Alaska Oil Drilling Project Amid Criticism From Democrats

March 14, 2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is backing President Joe Biden’s decision to approve an Alaska oil field development project amid criticism from within Democratic Party ranks. After lengthy deliberations and arguments for and against the Alaskan oil drilling proposal, known as the Willow Project, Biden decided on Monday to approve a scaled-down version of the Willow…

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‘The End of Oil in America’: Biden May Reject Alaska Oil Project

March 8, 2023
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Alaska’s Republican governor Mike Dunleavy is not expecting the Biden administration to approve the Willow project—an oil and gas plan proposed by crude oil producer ConocoPhillips. “We’re preparing for them to deny this,” Gov. Dunleavy said on Fox News. “And it’s sad to say that, but their idea of a compromise, apparently, is to allow only…

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Watchdog Says Top Interior Official Held Oil Company Interests as Agency Regulated Competitors

January 31, 2023
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The second highest-ranked official in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Department of the Interior (DOI) has been accused of failing to divest from her stakes in a major oil company whose competitors were regulated by her agency. On Monday, a nonprofit organization called Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a complaint against…

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