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Indigenous people's rights are under attack by Trump's administration: two weeks ago, Trump attempted to end their birthright citizenship, a constitutional right.

#indigenousrights #trump #boardingschools #culturalgenocide #generationaltrauma #Iñupiat #alaska #WillowProject

Remember when your climate president approved the ConocoPhillips Willow drilling project in Alaska? Drilling has begun in places, but some activists managed to bring the decision back into court.

"The government’s attorney, Amy Collier, said experts at the agencies did consider that an increase in greenhouse gas emissions would cause the Arctic to lose sea ice, which the region’s polar bears depend on. But, she said, the link wasn’t direct. They didn’t have evidence that the specific emissions resulting from the Willow project would shrink sea ice in this part of the Arctic, hurting this particular population of polar bears."

That is some insulting sophistry. #BullShit #ClimateChange #Climate #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Oil #WillowProject #USpol #KeepItInTheGround

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/02/05/willow-opponents-try-again-this-time-in-a-u-s-appeals-court-to-block-conocophillips-oil-development-in-alaska/

Petition: Tell Biden to Stop the Willow Project in Alaska #Alaska #environment #WillowProject https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/petition-tell-biden-stop-willow-project-alaska/

Petition: Urge President Biden to Stop the Willow Project #UnitedStates #environment #WillowProject #Willow https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/petition-urge-president-biden-stop-willow-project/

"While the plans are exceedingly modest for now, the Climate Corps could be a means for Biden to make his environmental agenda resonate with younger voters still smarting from the administration’s approval of the #WillowProject.

With #homeownership and major asset purchases still solidly out of reach for many younger voters, the #AmericanClimateCorps #jobs might offer tangible benefits to those left out of the IRA."

https://newrepublic.com/article/175674/civilian-climate-corps-tiny-step-forward-young-activists

"The Biden Administration is ending drilling leases in ANWR, at least for now...The leases were originally issued by the Trump administration.

"Alaska oil drilling projects have been top of mind for both the administration and voters this year. The latest announcement comes several months after Biden approved the Willow Project, the biggest new oil development in Alaska in decades, resulting in blowback to the administration."
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197945859/anwr-alaska-drilling-oil-gas-leases-environment-energy-climate-change
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#Biden #WillowProject #ANWR #FossilFuels

I don't like Biden's approval of the #WIllowProject drilling in the Arctic. But that's not Biden's whole story.

It seems a lot of people are into Biden-bashing for his perceived lack of climate action.

But It turns out two thirds of Americans are not aware of the climate law called the #InflationReductionAct.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4141631-most-in-new-poll-disapprove-of-bidens-handling-of-climate-change/

Maybe the same holes for the CHIPS act and the #BuildBackBetter act?

Three reasons why #Biden had to approve the #WillowProject:

"One reason ... involves legality: ConocoPhillips holds the leases and has a legal right to #drill. Canceling its leases would bring a court case that, if lost, would set a precedent, cost the government millions of dollars in fees and do nothing to stop oil drilling.

Instead, the government made a deal with ConocoPhillips that shrank the total surface area to be developed at Willow by 60%."

#arctic #oil
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/willow-project-arctic-oil-drilling/

Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the #WillowProject, a major oil drilling project in Alaska. The #BidenAdministration claimed it had no other choice but to approve it, but is that really the case? Our Deputy Director Romany Webb provides some answers in this #blog post: https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2023/05/10/rethinking-the-willow-project-did-blm-have-other-options/

The Willow Project Was a Key Climate Test. And Joe Biden Failed It.

"The rubber-stamping of such a project sends a message not just to our generation but humanity as a whole: The future of our planet and the present well-being of frontline communities are being sacrificed for short-term #economic gain and political expediency."

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/joe-biden-willow-climate-test

#CapitalismIsTheEnemyOfMotherEarth #capitalism #Biden #WillowProject #climate #Antireport

Klimazerstörung mit Ansage. Das #WillowProject der USA wird jahrzehntelang die Klimakrise befeuern. 👉 Viele US-Klimaschützer*innen gehen auf die Barrikaden und sammeln Petitionen. Wir schließen uns an!

Unterzeichne die WeAct-Petition: https://campact.org/willow-projekt-sofort-stoppen