Piper Perabo Instagram – Repost from my very smart friend and scientist Dr. @ayanaeliza President @joebiden played politics with our planet and our future. Shame on him. And this fight is not over. See you in court @potus. Press release from the #StopWillow coalition: “Today the Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in the western Arctic of Alaska, locking in oil and gas drilling and massive greenhouse gas emissions for decades. The decision undermines Biden’s climate promises and again demonstrates how political and industry interests put “business as usual” before the health of people and the planet. Authorization of the project comes after a deficient supplemental environmental review process that failed to assess the intense and cumulative impacts of the project on Arctic communities, lands and water, wildlife, and the global climate. The harm to communities and climate will be massive as the project turns into the industrial hub ConocoPhillips has always sought. Overwhelming public and scientific input has demonstrated that Willow poses a serious threat to the Arctic region. Willow will pollute water and air, disrupt animal migrations, destroy habitat, and result in the release of around 239 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses over the project’s 30-year lifespan. The resulting infrastructure is expected to result in additional development that would magnify Willow’s negative environmental impacts. If built, Willow will be the largest new oil extraction project on federal lands in the United States. It will have devastating impacts to the entire western Arctic region, posing serious health, environmental, and food security threats to nearby Alaska Native communities. Today, the Biden administration bowed to industry and political power rather than prioritizing land protections, Indigenous communities, and meaningful climate action and leadership.”