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By BECKY BOHRER The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a
JUNEAU â U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska s North Slope. Critics say the action flies in the face of President Joe Biden s pledges to address climate change.
U.S. Justice Department attorneys, in a filing Wednesday, wrote that opponents of the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska were seeking to stop development by cherry-picking the records of federal agencies to claim environmental review law violations. The filing defends the reviews underpinning last fall s decision approving project plans.
A coalition of groups sued to invalidate the Trump-era approval. An appeals court earlier this year halted certain construction activities, and parties in the case later agreed to keep in place construction activity limits until Dec. 1 while the underlying case continued.