Joe Biden ‘approves huge Willow oil project in Alaska’

Environmental activists have promoted a #StopWillow campaign on social media, seeking to remind Mr Biden of his pledges to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy.

An exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope (ConocoPhillips via AP)

The Biden administration is approving the major Willow oil project on the US state of Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, sources have claimed.

The move – one of President Joe Biden’s most consequential climate decisions – is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists who say it flies in the face of the Democratic president’s climate pledges.