Sierra Club: District Court Ruling Allows ConocoPhillips to Blast Forward With Willow Project, Despite Harm to Local Communities and Climate
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 10 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023:
A U.S. District Court ruling today allows ConocoPhillips to plow ahead with a massive oil and gas project that would do significant harm to local communities and the planet. The decision concerns our lawsuit filed in March 2023, just days after the Biden administration approved the controversial Willow project, despite acknowledging and failing to mitigate known harms to Arctic communiti . . .
A U.S. District Court ruling today allows ConocoPhillips to plow ahead with a massive oil and gas project that would do significant harm to local communities and the planet. The decision concerns our lawsuit filed in March 2023, just days after the Biden administration approved the controversial Willow project, despite acknowledging and failing to mitigate known harms to Arctic communiti . . .