Biden's Approval of Alaska Oil Drilling Project Sparks Controversy and Lawsuit

President Biden approved the controversial Willow Project, the largest proposed oil project on U.S. federal land, despite opposition from environmental groups. The project, located in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, is expected to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day, accounting for 1.5% of total U.S. oil production. The administration approved a scaled-back version of the plan, eliminating two of the five drilling sites proposed by ConocoPhillips, reducing the project's size by about 40%. The company also agreed to forfeit 68,000 acres of existing leases in the National Petroleum reserve-Alaska to reduce its footprint on the land by one-third.