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Joe Biden has not kept his campaign promise to stop authorizing drilling on American territory. The American president has given the green light for a major oil project in northeastern Alaska, which promises to be devastating for the climate and the animals that inhabit this wild region.
A natural refuge for the largest species on the globe, Alaska, a territory three times the size of France, will host a gigantic oil drill authorized by the Biden administration: the Willow project. The American environmental youth, who had largely mobilized against, are flabbergasted and strongly disappointed by Joe Biden, who had promised “no more drilling on federal lands” And “no more permits for the oil industry” when he was just a candidate for the White House.
Colossal emissions released into the atmosphere
The Willow Project is located within the Federal Petroleum Reserve. By the White House’s own admission, it would release into the atmosphere the equivalent of the emissions of two million gasoline-powered vehicles each year. The geopolitical context of the energy crisis convinced the American president, as did the legal pressure from the oil companies. In compensation, Joe Biden has pledged to protect new areas of the Arctic.
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