A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a decision that environmental groups swiftly vowed to fight. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected requests by a grassroots Iñupiat group and environmentalists to vacate the project approval, and she dismissed their claims against Willow, which is in the federally designated National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The administration's approval of Willow in March drew the ire of environmentalists who accused the president of backpedaling on his pledge to combat climate change.
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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Offshore drilling leases covering 1.7 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico will remain in place after a .
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Offshore drilling leases covering 1.7 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico will remain in place after a .