NRDC Suing Over Biden Approval of Alaskan Oil Drilling
Suit hopes to defuse a “climate bomb”
Monday, the Biden administration officially approved the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, a project the Natural Resource Defense Counsel (NRDC) described in an email to members as “disastrous and illegal”. As a result today, NRDC and partner organizations filed suit to hold them accountable for approving a “climate bomb.”
“It’s simple: we will not sit back and watch as oil giant ConocoPhillips’ massive project steamrolls ahead, causing irreparable harm to the environment, Arctic wildlife, and nearby communities that depend on the land,” said Mitch Bernard, Chief Counsel, NRDC.
Furthermore, the NRDC believes the courts are their best chance at stopping the project and are engaging in fund raising efforts to fight this “viscous assault” on the environment in “the most effective way possible.”
“Approving the Willow Project sullies President Biden’s climate legacy and undermines his promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030,” Bernard said.
“President Biden has failed to meet the moment, so now NRDC is stepping up the legal fight for our climate future, our public lands, and the wildlife and nearby communities that depend on them,” according to Bernard.
