Citing climate change and wildlife impacts, a new lawsuit seeks to overturn approval of an Arctic Alaska oil project
The Willow project, in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, would be the North Slope's westernmost field.
A lawsuit seeking to overturn the Trump administration’s approval of a massive new oil project on Alaska’s North Slope alleges that agencies within the Interior Department vastly understated impacts on climate change and expected harm to caribou and polar bears.
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