Federal Judge Upholds Biden's Decision To Greenlight Alaska Oil Project

A federal judge in Alaska has upheld the decision of the Biden administration to greenlight the Willow oil project, led by ConocoPhillips. In her decision, Judge Sharon Gleason noted that the plaintiffs—a group of environmentalist organizations—had failed to prove that the project was as multifaceted a threat to the wildlife in the National Petroleum Reserve as they claimed. The environmentalists had alleged that the authorities that had approved the project had failed to consider all the ways, in which it could affect the environment.…