'No final decisions have been made—anyone who says there has been a final decision is wrong,' says White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of the $8 billion Willow Project oil drilling proposal in Alaska.
Willow is sited in a vast Arctic landscape that provides critical habitat for birds from all over the world as well as animals like the caribou that subsistence hunters rely on to feed their families and communities. Native communities, like Nuiquset, are already dealing with the consequences of oil development in the region, including deteriorating air quality and a spike in respiratory disorders.
"Allowing a brand new Arctic oil project to break ground in one of our most sensitive ecosystems would be short-sighted," Montgomery argued."This project will exacerbate climate change and will directly harm caribou and polar bears. We are inspired by the outpouring of opposition against this project from across the country and we will continue our efforts to prevent the chillers, the ice roads, and the well pads from ever encroaching on this pristine area.
"We must change the narrative that the land serves us and only exists so that we can extract resources from it."
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