including offshore no ability for the oil industr to continue to drill period and. number one well the campaign trail biden repeatedly promised it will be no new fossil fuel drilling on federal land this week the administration approved the - oil project in new development by clinical fillon phillips on the north slope of alaska. this came after a fierce lobbying campaign by the entir tire alaska includin congresswoman mary peltola it s one of the largest oi developments on federal. additives described by fat climate activist as a carbon bomb vice president kamala harris was asked about why stephe colbert this week. how do you square that with the president having said ther would be no new drilling licenses issued on public land and, then approving the willow oil project in alaska? people are saying this i baking breaking a campaign promise. what s the calculus there? i understand the concerns that happen may, but here s th
historic bank collapses. the us has given the go ahead for an $8 billion oil drilling scheme in alaska that s been fiercely opposed by environmentalists. the energy giant, conocophillips, will drill at three sites on alaska s north slope in what critics describe as a carbon bomb. but others are welcoming the investment saying it will create much needed jobs. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0 donogue reports. alaska home to some of america s last remaining undisturbed landscapes. but one oil company says, under the freezing expanse lies decades of untapped oil, and the potential to ensure us energy security into the future. the company, conocophillips, has already begun exploratory work, after receiving a grant from the biden administration. it means over 200 wells will be sunk and hundreds of miles
government owns the land.philli remote land and the federal government owns the land. the infrastructure for the project has not yet been constructed so it will take years. but the administration estimates that drilling here would release the same amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases as 2 million gas powered cars. this has divided alaska natives. some see it as revenue forto th state, but others especially closest to the site call it an environmental disaster in the making, calling it a carbon bomb that will exacerbate global warming and have a negative health impact on the surrounding communities. but climate activists who took to social media in an aggressive campaign to urge the president to block the project, they are using words like betrayal and at the same time that the administration has come out to approve this project, they are
defence spending in the uk has been declining from 2.6% in 2010, now down to 2.2%. most of the new money will go to the uk s nuclear submarine programme. it will help the deal with australia, counter the rise of china, but also create british jobs. the reactors for the new australian submarines will be built by rolls royce, and it is often the economy, not defence, that helps decide an election. jonathan beale, bbc news. the us has given the go ahead for an $8 billion oil drilling scheme in alaska that s been fiercely opposed by environmentalists. the energy giant conocophillips will drill at three sites on alaska s north slope, in what critics describe as a carbon bomb . but others are welcoming the investment, saying it will create much needed jobs. 0ur north america correspondent
president biden has given the go ahead for a controversial oil drilling scheme in alaska, inside the arctic circle. environmentalists say it s a carbon bomb, with some indigenous groups warning it will damage local wildlife and traditional hunting practices. but others have welcomed the move, saying the investment will create much needed jobs. gary o donoghue has that story. alaska, home to some of america s last remaining undisturbed landscapes. but one oil company says under the squeezing expanse lies decades of untapped oil, and the potential to ensure us energy security into the future.