Biden administration approves Alaska oil drilling project
- Economy
- AFP
- Published Date: 05:43 | 13 March 2023
- Modified Date: 05:43 | 13 March 2023
The Biden administration, brushing aside pressure from environmentalists, on Monday approved a controversial oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope.
The Interior Department gave the green light to US energy giant ConocoPhillips to drill for oil at three sites in the federally-owned National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska's western Arctic.
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