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Federal judge rejects legal challenge to ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project
Posted on 11/13/23 at 6:39 am
Posted on 11/13/23 at 6:39 am
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The massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope can move forward, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled against environmental groups, who argued that the government’s decision to greenlight the ConocoPhillips project in the Arctic was flawed.
Gleason found the government’s analysis was consistent with environmental laws and with goals Congress established for the large federal area in the western Arctic, called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
“ConocoPhillips, as the lessee, has the right and the responsibility to fully develop its oil and gas leases in the NPR-A subject to reasonable restrictions and mitigation measures imposed by the federal government,” she wrote.
ConocoPhillips has called Gleason’s pending decision “make-or-break” for the major oil prospect. The project’s federal approvals have been challenged by several environmental groups. In April, Gleason gave ConocoPhillips a green light to begin constructing roads to support the project.
The initial federal approval of the project under President Joe Biden generated a political backlash, ranging from pushback among Alaska Native groups to protests in Washington, D.C. and opposition from the United Nations and outdoor-gear maker Patagonia.
Biden has tried to temper that anger by making other parts of the NPR-A off-limits to drilling and canceling oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Alaska’s eastern Arctic.
The project has been greeted with more favor in the realm of Alaska politics, with state budget projections improving as they take Willow into account and an unanimous Alaska House vote in support.
Conoco says the project would produce 600 million barrels of oil over 30 years, $7.6 billion in revenue for the U.S. Treasury and 2,500 construction jobs.
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Looks like Patagonia will remain on my "never to buy from again" list.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 6:53 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:11 am to ragincajun03
7.6 billion is chi chi beans, Biden is such a bitch for approving that. The north slope is coolest place you can drive to in our country. It’s kind of a pain to get to it so it’s not swarmed with diabetics like all of our parks in the lower 48.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:16 am to AlextheBodacious
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The north slope is coolest place
How does that change?
This post was edited on 11/13/23 at 7:21 am
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:25 am to Steadyhands
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How does that change?
Where’d I mention change?
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:28 am to AlextheBodacious
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Where’d I mention change?
You seem against the project. I can only assume its because you think it will change the area in a negative way.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:30 am to AlextheBodacious
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7.6 billion is chi chi beans, Biden is such a bitch for approving that. The north slope is coolest place you can drive to in our country. It’s kind of a pain to get to it so it’s not swarmed with diabetics like all of our parks in the lower 48.
Oh, the irony in your post.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:35 am to Cosmo
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Where’d I mention change?
You seem against the project. I can only assume its because you think it will change the area in a negative way.
This.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 7:38 am to Steadyhands
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you think it will change the area in a negative way.
It’ll bring more people to the area. I can’t have that while I’m up there. The Dalton is has enough traffic as it is.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 8:44 am to ragincajun03
Yeah, I swore off Patagonia years ago because of their political showboating. I want good gear, not a lesson in politics when I buy outdoor clothing.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 1:05 pm to ragincajun03
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Looks like Patagonia will remain on my "never to buy from again" list.
How many of the materials that Patagonia uses are derived from oil?
I know the north face has lots of stuff that is made with petroleum products.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:27 pm to AlextheBodacious
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The north slope is coolest place you can drive to in our country.
I don’t know what North Slope this cat has been driving to - but the one I’ve been driving and flying across the last five years is a wasteland. Frozen desert in the winter and (really ugly) marsh in the summer.
Posted on 11/13/23 at 2:34 pm to rs_la
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I don’t know what North Slope this cat has been driving to - but the one I’ve been driving and flying across the last five years is a wasteland. Frozen desert in the winter and (really ugly) marsh in the summer.
I always laugh at the tourists that show up at the Aurora in the summer. Like you rode all this way to see fricking Deadhorse? It’s like Fourchon with snow.
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