Biden expected to approve enormous oil drilling project in blow to climate activists: 'Complete betrayal'
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President Biden is reportedly green-lighting a massive oil drilling project that climate activists have dubbed a "carbon bomb" and lawmakers have cheered for its economic benefits.
The Department of Interior (DOI) will publish the final decision on the Willow Project, but President Biden and senior White House officials have been actively involved in overseeing the approval process. Industry groups, Alaska lawmakers and local communities urged the president to approve the project for its economic benefits while activists argued it would have a devastating impact on the environment. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"This decision on Willow is a huge test for the Biden administration on so many issues that they claim to care about," Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Fox News Digital in an interview last week. "Of course it's critically important to Alaska, but it's critically important to America — a project of this size when we need energy security."