Earthjustice: Court Ruling Halts ConocoPhillips' Western Arctic Oil Drilling Project
August 19, 2021
August 19, 2021
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021:
In a significant climate victory, a federal district court judge today issued a decision vacating the Trump administration's decision approving ConocoPhillips' Willow Master Development Plan, halting the largest oil-and-gas drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic.
ConocoPhillips' plan, slated for a public-lands area known as the National Petroleum Reserv . . .
In a significant climate victory, a federal district court judge today issued a decision vacating the Trump administration's decision approving ConocoPhillips' Willow Master Development Plan, halting the largest oil-and-gas drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic.
ConocoPhillips' plan, slated for a public-lands area known as the National Petroleum Reserv . . .