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Biden administration backs Willow oil project in Alaska’s Arctic

The project's approvals from the outgoing Trump administration are now the subject of a legal battle.

By Kanishka Singh, Reuters May 27, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration defended on Wednesday a proposed ConocoPhillips oil development in Alaska’s Arctic, backing the drilling project which was approved under the administration of former President Donald Trump.

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