WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Despite major opposition from the climate justice community, including Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic and Alaska Wilderness League, President Biden approved the Willow Oil Drilling Project - a major oil drilling operation to be constructed on Alaska's North Slope. The decision ignores wi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 14 (TNSgov) -- Pacific Environment posted the following news release on March 13, 2023: The Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips' Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, despite the 4.5 million comments received from Americans calling to reject this climate harming project. The Record of Decision approves the development of Alternative E, as described in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The ROD denied two of the fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on March 13, 2023: The Biden administration released the final Willow Master Development Plan today, greenlighting the oil development project in Alaska's Western Arctic. The final version of the project would allow for drilling at three pads. "Biden approved Willow knowing full well that it'll cause massive and irreversible destruction, which is appalling," said Kristen Monsell, a senior att  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 15 (TNSgov) -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release on March 14, 2023: The Biden administration today announced its decision to rescind the illegal Trump-era land exchange agreement with King Cove Corporation that would have allowed the construction of a road through a designated wilderness area within Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Reversal of the land exchange will protect the Izembek refuge's important subsistence resources for local   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Despite millions of comments in opposition, the Biden administration has approved ConocoPhillips' massive Willow oil and gas expansion in Alaska's Western Arctic. The largest new oil extraction project on federal lands in the United States, the project is a major setback for climate policy and will have devastating impacts to the entire western Arctic region, posing seriou  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 (TNStalk) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland revoked a land swap triggered by the Trump administration that would have paved the way for a road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The Department of the Interior will initiate a new environmental analysis to determine if a land exchange and potential gravel road comply with federal laws and regulations. * * * Following th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSgov) -- GreenLatinos posted the following news release: On Monday morning, President Biden's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave formal approval to ConocoPhillips' oil drilling project in Alaska known as Willow. This decision goes against the outcry of the environmental community and indigenous peoples located near the approved project. The Biden Administration's approval of the Willow project is a disappointing decision that is deeply at odds with the President's amb  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSgov) -- The American Sustainable Business Network posted the following news release on March 15, 2023: The Biden administration has approved a controversial $8bn drilling project on Alaska's North Slope. The ConocoPhillips Willow project will be one of the largest of its kind on US soil, involving drilling for oil and gas at three sites for multiple decades on the 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve which is owned by the federal government and is the largest tract of un  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Earthjustice filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of conservation groups to stop the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved March 13. This approval of an enormous new carbon pollution source undermines President Biden's promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and transition the United S  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * According to reports, the Biden Administration is prepared to approve an oil exploration project in northern Alaska. The administration is said to be pairing approval of the Willow Project in Alaska with new restrictions on oil exploration across much of northern Alaska and in the Arctic Ocean. * * * CEI Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman said: "Any exceptions to the Biden  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on March 15, 2023: Defenders of Wildlife and other conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice and together with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit late last night to stop the massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved on March 13. This enormous new carbon source undermines President Biden's promises to slash gree  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on March 15, 2023: Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today on behalf of conservation groups, together with NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), to stop the massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved March 13. This approval of an enormous new carbon source undermines President Biden's promises to slash greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2030 and  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 17 (TNSgov) -- Friends of the Earth posted the following news release on March 15, 2023: Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today on behalf of conservation groups, together with NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), to stop the massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved March 13. This approval of an enormous new carbon source undermines President Biden's promises to slash greenhouse-gas emissions in half by   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, issued the following statement in response to The Biden Administration's approval of the $8 Billion Willow Project in Alaska. "This approval is the product of compromise that balances the needs of American families and small businesses for affordable, available energy with a  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 14 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: The Biden administration today announced its approval of ConocoPhillips's Willow project, ignoring pleas from millions who called for the Alaska oil-drilling plan to be halted due to concerns about climate change. The Interior Department released a record of decision (ROD) that largely reflects ConocoPhillips's desired project blueprint and ignores its dire climate and biodiversity impacts.  more

NEW YORK, March 15 (TNStalk) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on March 14, 2023, by Mark Brownstein, senior vice president for energy transition: * * * "The Biden administration's new rules for Arctic Alaska are welcome protections from oil and gas development. "Such steps are long overdue. But they do not justify or offset the decision to approve the massive Willow Project, which will lock in oil infrastructure for at least the next three decades at a time whe  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Today the Biden administration is set to approve the massive Willow oil drilling project on the North Slope of Alaska, despite a massive push by climate activists and environmentalists urging the White House to reject the proposal. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued the following statement. "There is simply no justification for President Bid  more

PALO ALTO, California, March 10 (TNSgov) -- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation issued the following news: On January 30, 2023, after a hard-won fight that stretched across nearly two decades, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its 404(c) clean water act veto - effectively ending the threat of the potentially devastating effects of the Pebble Mine on Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska. The announcement follows a long, impassioned campaign led by Tribes in the region, and supported by A  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 (TNSgov) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today on behalf of conservation groups, together with NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), to stop the massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved March 13. This approval of an enormous new carbon source undermines President Biden's promises to slash greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2030 and t  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSgov) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: People vs. Fossil Fuels, a national coalition of over 1,200 frontline, climate justice, and progressive organizations, strongly condemned the Biden administration for its decision to approve the Willow Oil Drilling Project - a major oil drilling operation to be constructed on Alaska's North Slope that has been loudly opposed by the environmental and climate justice community, including Sovereign Inupiat for a Living  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNStalk) -- The Independent Women's Forum issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * This week, the Biden Administration approved a portion of the Willow Project, which greenlights oil development on Alaska's Northern Slope. The project was initially approved in 2020 and subsequently bogged down by regulatory reviews. * * * Mandy Gunasekara, director of the Center for Energy and Conservation (CEC) at Independent Women's Forum said: "It's refreshing to see   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 14 (TNSgov) -- Environment America posted the following news release on March 13, 2023: The Department of Interior approved the much-debated Willow Project Monday. ConocoPhillips' Western Arctic project will blight pristine land with new drill sites, bridges, an airstrip, hundreds of miles of roads and a gravel mine. The Willow Project decision came less than 24 hours after the Department of the Interior announced plans to end drilling in 2.8 million acres of the Beauf  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNStalk) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * Interior Secretary Deb Haaland withdrew a Trump-era land swap that was intended to allow for the construction of an access road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. In response, League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld: "We applaud Secretary Haaland for withdrawin  more

NEW YORK, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * The Biden administration approved a massive expansion of oil drilling in Alaska, giving ConocoPhillips permission to begin its Willow project in the state's western Arctic. Christy Goldfuss, chief policy impact officer at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), made the following statement: "This is a grievous mistake. It green-lights a carbon bomb, sets back the cl  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- Oil Change International issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * The Biden Administration issued a Record of Decision on the Willow oil project that approved three new drilling pads off the North Slope of Alaska. In response, Allie Rosenbluth, United States Program Manager at Oil Change International, said: "Approving ConocoPhillips' dirty and dangerous Willow Project is a tremendous strike against President Biden's legacy on both climate and  more

NOME, Alaska, March 16 (TNStalk) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on March 14, 2023: * * * Below, please find a statement from PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to Ryan Redington's winning the 2023 Iditarod today: "Crossing the Iditarod's finish line first makes Ryan Redington this year's biggest loser in PETA's eyes. Eight dogs had to be pulled from the race after Redington pushed them beyond the breaking point, including Wil  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * President Joe Biden's administration today formally approved a massive Alaskan Arctic oil and gas drilling project known as Willow. In response, Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement: "The Biden administration's plan to allow ConocoPhillips to drill for oil in the remote Alaskan wilderness represents a climate disaster and a betrayal of the Biden adm  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on March 12, 2023: * * * This afternoon, reports citing White House sources announced that the Biden Administration was set to announce protections for 16 million acres of landscapes in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and Arctic Ocean, prohibiting oil and gas leasing and development in both locations. The announcement comes as the administration prepares to make a final decision on whether or not to allow Co  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland withdrew a proposed land exchange between the department and King Cove Corporation in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The exchange had been greenlit by Donald Trump's Secretary, David Bernhardt, in July 2019, but the Department today determined the proposal was flawed and inconsistent with departmental policy, nor did it sufficiently consider environmenta  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * Marty Durbin, President of the U.S. Chamber's Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration's announcement to move forward on the Willow project while restricting energy development in the Arctic: "Unfortunately, the Biden Administration continues to send mixed messages about the importance of U.S. oil and natural gas at a time whe  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 14 (TNStalk) -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on March 12, 2023: * * * The New York Times today reported that the Biden administration will soon announce a sweeping series of new conservation measures in Alaska, while a final decision on ConocoPhillips' massive Willow oil and gas project in the Western Arctic is still pending. * * * In response to the breaking news, The Wilderness Society released the following statement from Alaska Senior Reg  more