In 2020, Biden said there would be “no more drilling on federal lands.” In March, his administration allowed a company to proceed with plans to drill up to 199 wells for oil and gas in Alaska. We rate this change in position a Full Flop.
A vast majority of scientists agree that climate change isConocoPhillips first obtained a lease to drill in federal lands in the Willow area in 1999.
So, Biden didn’t approve a new lease, but he allowed ConocoPhillips to proceed with its Willow project.Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of"a postage stamp a day.
John Leshy, the Interior Department’s top lawyer during the Clinton administration, told PolitiFact that politics likely influenced Biden’s decision more than potential fines, given bipartisan support for the drilling project among Alaska elected officials.March 13 emphasizing that the administration reduced Willow’s scope. That included rejecting two of the five proposed drill sites and requiring ConocoPhillips to give up about 68,000 acres of its existing leases in the area.
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