US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
The move comes a little over a year before the 2024 election, as Biden seeks to shore up his green credentials that were damaged by a decision earlier this year to greenlight a project by US energy giant ConocoPhillips in the same area.
"As the climate crisis warms the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, we have a responsibility to protect this treasured region for all ages." While the Biden plan said it would support the subsistence activities of Alaska Natives, it was met with opposition by prominent members of the North Slope communities.
The Willow project, estimated to cost between $8-10 billion, was authorized under Trump and later backed by Biden, triggering national protests led by youth activists. It would ban drilling in approximately 2.8 million acres of the Beaufort Sea,"ensuring the entire United States Arctic Ocean is off limits to new oil and gas leasing," a statement by the Interior Department said.
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