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The Biden administration's approval this week of a massive oil drilling project in northern Alaska amounts to "a betrayal" of the president's pledges on climate change and endangers Arctic communities with pollution, said faith-based organizations who joined environmental and Indigenous groups in condemning the decision.
The EPA's new proposed limits on soot pollution are a step forward for air quality but fall short of what's needed to save more lives, say faith groups, public health officials and environmental justice advocates.