2023-09-08 10:30:22
“No further drilling on federal land,” promised the US President when he took office. In fact, the government is now terminating oil and gas leases in Alaska. But the “Willow Project” continues. Young people in particular are angry.
Friends of nature and, in some cases, friends of Alaska are in principle very pleased that Joe Biden announced this decision this week: Since the climate crisis is warming the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, “we have the responsibility to protect this valuable to protect the region for all time,” the US President announced in the White House.
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