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 company says under this freezing expense lies decades of untapped oil, and the potential to ensure us energy security into the future. the company has already begun exploratory work and the go ahead from the biden administration will mean more than 200 wells being sunk, and hundreds of miles of new road. we are already in a climate emergency, every single drop added to the climate emissions is sending us to a direction of completely reversible climate impact. completely reversible climate im act. .. completely reversible climate im act, .., ., completely reversible climate imact. ., , impact. the campaign to stop willow generated impact. the campaign to stop willow generated more - impact
phil mercer in sydney. 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 squeezing 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.
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 0 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. klein hollandia klein hollandia the company, conocophillip, how began construction grant from the biden administration the company, conocophillip.
they say it is a carbon bomb with some indigenous groups saying it would damage some wildlife in the hunting practices but others of walking the move saying the investment will create much needed jobs. we can speak not to the executive director of the climate group evergreen action and she joins us from washington, dc and it is great to get you on the programme in the first instance, your reaction to this announcement. taste the first instance, your reaction to this announcement. the first instance, your reaction to this announcement. we are surprised and disappointed this announcement. we are surprised and disappointed that this announcement. we are surprised and disappointed that the and disappointed that the administration is taking this unnecessary step backwards and it goes against their own leadership and commitments. joe biden campaigned as a climate champion and what do you think this says about those credentials and the credibility, i suppose?
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