ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Environmental groups intend to challenge today’s federal court ruling that the Willow oil-drilling ... countless Arctic animals. We’ll do everything in our power to keep fighting ...

“The Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in the western Arctic of Alaska is a disappointing leap backwards ... both subsistence and the protection of wildlife species ...

Cook Inlet belugas were added to the endangered species list in 2008 ... It also approved the controversial Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope – signing off on drilling in an area ...

US major ConocoPhillips remains on track to produce first oil from its $7 billion-to-$7.5 billion Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope in 2029, with the peak winter construction season coming ...

The Willow project is in the northeast ... a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Bridget Psarianos, lead staff attorney with Trustees for Alaska, said in a statement that ...