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We're back, to learn about The Willow Project. Ash gives us the lowdown on what the project is and who started it. We also learn about how the government has handled the project, and what happening now on a legislative level to save Alaska's wilderness from climate change impacts.



Earthjustice

Sierra Club

Sierra Club of Alaska

The Wilderness Society

Trustees for Alaksa

Greenpeace



SOURCES



https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/willow-project-oil-alaska-explained-climate/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/politics/willow-project-alaska-oil-biden-approval-climate/index.html

https://www.nrdc.org/about

https://protectourwinters.org/campaign/willow/

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-substantially-reduces-scope-willow-project

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/1163075377/willow-drilling-project-alaska-approved-biden

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/willow-oil-gas-project-alaska-sparks-green-opposition-2023-03-03/

https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/conservation-groups-sue-to-stop-the-willow-oil-project-in-alaskas-western-arctic

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/environmentalists-and-indigenous-groups-blast-approval-willow-oil-project

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/drilling-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge/index.html