The 'carbon bomb' is opposed by environmentalists, but other factors also influenced the president.
The approval of the Willow project comes after the US government imposed limits on oil and gas drilling in parts of Alaska and the Arctic OceanUS President Joe Biden has approved a major oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, intended to create local investment and thousands of jobs.
That statement helped him garner support from green Democrats and climate campaigners, unsure about Biden's record on this issue. The International Energy Agency has baldly stated that if the world wants to keep the rise in global temperatures under 1.5C, no new oil or gas drilling can go ahead.Most environmentalists aren't buying this trade-off.Mr Biden came to COP27 in Egypt and spoke of the big picture of climate change, threatening the "very life of the planet" - but he's also attuned to US bread-and-butter issues, especially the price of gas.
Approving a reduced version of the original Willow plan will be sold as underlining the President's ability to forge compromises across political divides.
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