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The Biden administration is no longer defending a halted project that would have unleashed a global climate bomb by drilling for fossil fuels in the Western Arctic.
Siding with Earthjustice and our clients, a federal court in August rejected permits for the Willow Project – a proposal by ConocoPhillips to explore for oil and gas across a vast expanse of tundra – on the grounds that the government did not adequately consider the project’s climate impacts.
Now, following pressure for the Biden administration to end its support of this destructive plan, the administration has declined to appeal.
The Willow Project poses threats to the Western Arctic—and far beyond.
Our court victory underscores that the law is a powerful tool for stopping climate-wrecking projects.
The Biden administration could not uphold its stated climate goals and keep defending the Willow Project.
What happens next?
Earthjustice partner Siqiniq Maupin advocates against the Willow Project and other fossil projects outside the White House on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021. She is an indigenous leader in the fight against the project, and she was in Washington to pressure President Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop all new fossil fuel projects.