US Government Advances , $8B Alaska Oil Drilling Plan.br 'The Guardian' reports that the White House has advanced the ConocoPhillips br Willow project on Alaska's north slope.br The drilling project has been br fiercely opposed by environmentalists. .br Our Native villages are eroding into the sea, thawing permafrost is making infrastructure insecure, and food sources are disappearing, Karlin Nageak Itchoak, senior regional director at the br non-profit Wilderness Society, via 'The Guardian'.br And this project would just exacerbate and speed up the climate crisis in the Arctic, Karlin Nageak Itchoak, senior regional director at the br non-profit Wilderness Society, via 'The Guardian'.br Critics have also pointed to Biden's about-face on the topic since he ran for president under the platform of ending oil and gas drilling and moving toward renewable energy.br Critics have also pointed to Biden's about-face on the topic since he ran for president under the platform of ending oil and gas drilling and moving toward renewable energy.br It’s outrageous that Biden seems ready to greenlight the massively destructive Willow project, prioritizing oil industry profits over the future of polar bears and other Arctic wildlife, Kristen Monsell, senior attorney at the Center br for Biological Diversity, via 'The Guardian'.br An environmental review by the Bureau of Land Management suggests that a scaled-back version of the project would minimize wildlife disturbances... .br An environmental review by the Bureau of Land Management suggests that a scaled-back version of the project would minimize wildlife disturbances... .br ... but would still allow the production of br up to 180,000 barrels of crude oil per day.br The project would be located in the br National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the biggest br area of undisturbed public land in America. .br 'The Guardian' reports that the project br could be required to scale back br even further or be scrapped altogether.