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3 reasons the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska’s Arctic was approved

It’s the latest battle in a long fight over Alaska’s North Slope.

By Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington March 17, 2023
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For more than six decades, Alaska’s North Slope has been a focus of intense controversy over oil development and wilderness protection, with no end in sight. Willow field, a 600-million-barrel, $8 billion oil project recently approved by the Biden administrationto the outrage of environmental and climate activists — is the latest chapter in that long saga.

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