{"id":1875408,"date":"2023-03-13T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T12:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interior-to-approve-giant-alaska-oil-project-against-environmental-objections\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T08:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T12:48:04","slug":"interior-to-approve-giant-alaska-oil-project-against-environmental-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interior-to-approve-giant-alaska-oil-project-against-environmental-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior to approve giant Alaska oil project against environmental objections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finterior-to-approve-giant-alaska-oil-project-against-environmental-objections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78474556\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Six takeaways from Biden's big-spending budget proposal\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"President Joe Biden released his budget for the next fiscal year on Thursday, outlining the policy priorities that could underpin his reelection bid should he choose to run for a second term. 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It contrasts some of his messaging during his presidential campaign, during which he promised to restrict drilling and leasing on federal lands. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Lance, chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/conoco-head-says-willow-project-serves-biden-production-goal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the company&#8217;s plans for developing Willow are in accordance with Biden&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/biden-slams-oil-majors-for-record-profits\">repeated calls<\/a> targeted specifically at larg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/interior-approve-alaska-oil-project-against-objections\">Interior to approve giant Alaska oil project against environmental objections<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration reportedly signed off on a large-scale oil project in rural Alaska, one of its most consequential resource decisions yet and one certain to devastate the environmental groups and congressional Democrats who advocated against the project. 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