The federal government approved an oil drilling project on Alaskan land, despite heavy opposition. Experts say it could impact more than the climate, increasing distrust of government among young people.
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Last week, videos posted to the social media platform with the hashtags #StopWillow and #StopTheWillowProject garnered hundreds of millions of views.The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE "What's really interesting is that there have been activist and environmental groups talking about the willow project for weeks, even months, and none of it got any news," Fisher said.The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILEThe approval of the Willow Project is contrary to Biden's publicly stated goal to become the most climate-conscious U.S. president of all time -- a promise he made while running for office in 2020, the experts said.
The Interior Department said it substantially reduced the size of the project by allowing three drill sites instead of the five in the original proposal, the agency announced Monday. The decision also requires ConocoPhillips to relinquish its leases for 68,000 acres to create a buffer between the infrastructure for the Willow site and migratory routes for a nearby caribou herd.
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