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This stock image shows a panoramic view of the Alaskan wilderness. The North Slope oil project in Alaska was struck down by a judge this week, due to its potential impact on polar bears in the region. (sarkophoto / Getty Images) Gas prices may be soaring, but a giant Alaska oil project has been crushed by a federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama — all because of concern over polar bears.
According to The Associated Press , the project — approved under former President Donald Trump — was struck down by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in Anchorage, arguing the large project on Alaska’s North Slope would jeopardize polar bears.
The project, ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, was approved by the Trump administration in late 2020 and had been defended in court by the Biden administration.
According to NPR , Gleason ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to exclude foreign greenhouse gas emissions when it gave the project an environmental review was “arbitrary and capricious.”
She added that the bureau had acted against the law when it created its “alternatives analysis based on the view that ConocoPhillips has the right to extract all possible oil and gas on its leases.”
Furthermore, the Obama-appointed judge threw out a report by the Fish and Wildlife Service due to the fact that she said it didn’t include specifics when it noted the project “was not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of polar bears and not likely to result in the adverse modification of polar bear critical habitat.”
According to the United States Energy Information Administration , the price of a gallon of gas stood at $3.174 per gallon as of Monday, up $1.008 since last year.
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In July, CBS News reported gas prices were up 40 percent since January nationwide — the highest they’d been in 7 years.
The predictable parties celebrated.Defenders of the Wildlife Alaska program director Nicole Whittington-Evans called it “a win for our climate, for imperiled species like polar bears, and for the local residents whose concerns have been ignored” and asked the Biden administration to look at […]
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