Alaska, The Willow Project, and The Future of Fossil Fuels

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

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On March 13 the Biden administration approved a new oil venture in Alaska called the Willow Project. More than 4.6 million people petitioned against its approval.

It will allow the energy company ConocoPhillips to drill for oil in the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska's Northern slope. The company says it will produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day.

But will the Willow Project turn into a "carbon-bomb?"

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0:00.0	No more subsidies for fossil fuel industry.
0:10.5	No more drilling on federal lands.
0:12.3	No more drilling, including offshore.
0:14.9	No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill.
0:18.6	Period ends.
0:19.8	That was President Joe Biden in a 2020 presidential debate with Senator Bernie Sanders.
0:25.6	Although state-acclimate goals don't exactly align with his administration's approval of
0:29.9	the Willow project, it allows Connico Phillips to drill for oil in the National Petroleum
0:35.3	Reserve.
0:36.3	That's on Alaska's northern slope.
0:38.3	Connico Phillips says they'll produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day.
0:43.5	The company wanted permission for five new oil pads.
0:46.2	The Department of Interior only gave them three.
0:48.9	But that didn't set protesters from speaking their minds.
0:51.9	Biden, keep your promise.
0:54.8	Stop fossil fuels.
0:56.3	Be the climate president.
0:58.1	You have betrayed the people and we will not stop until you've revoked your decision on
1:03.7	Willow.
1:04.7	I'm Jen White.
1:05.7	You're listening to the OneA podcast where we get to the heart of the story.
1:09.6	Environmental groups say these new wells will be a carbon bomb.
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