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Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fearsThe Biden administration has approved a controversial $8bn (£6bn) drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, which has drawn fierce …
Plans to protect 16m acres of Alaska and Arctic circle from drilling comes as president prepares to reveal decision on Willow projectJoe Biden has announced new steps to ban oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and limit onshore drilling in Alaska,…
Amnesty International hits out at ‘shocking’ annual figure reaped through fossil fuelSaudi Aramco has reported a record $161bn (£133bn) profit for 2022, the largest annual profit ever recorded by an oil and gas company, fuelled by soaring energy prices…
Signing off on the Willow plan would place the president’s political career in conflict with climate-minded DemocratsThe Biden administration has denied reports that it has authorized a key oil drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, a highly content…
Former vice-president says the Willow development will fatally undermine the effort to confront the climate crisisAl Gore has warned it would be “recklessly irresponsible” for Joe Biden’s administration to allow an enormous, controversial oil drilling …
Proposed El Paso climate charter seeks to prohibit use of city water for extraction projects including those in Permian BasinA first-of-its-kind municipal climate charter in Texas could throw a wrench in US fossil fuel extraction. Residents of a major …
Bernard Looney’s £10m pay package follows annual profits of £23bn linked to soaring gas prices sparked by Russia-Ukraine warA payout for the boss of BP has been labelled a “kick in the teeth” for consumers battling the cost of living crisis, as chief e…
Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and miningThe UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.The res…
Proposed Uinta railway could spur an additional 350,000 barrels of oil extraction a day, exacerbating poor air quality in the regionDevelopers are seeking billions of dollars in tax breaks for a new oil railroad in Utah that will threaten the Colorado…
Proposed Uinta railway could spur an additional 350,000 barrels of oil extraction a day, exacerbating poor air quality in the regionDevelopers are seeking billions of dollars in tax breaks for a new oil railroad in Utah that will threaten the Colorado…