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President Biden is facing swift backlash from environmentalists over his approval of a massive oil drilling project in Alaska. Now it's a major reversal after he promised no more drilling on federal lands while on a campaign trail in 2020. If it goes ahead, the Conoco-Philipps Willow Project would be one of the US's largest so-called carbon bombs. Taking place in one of the world's most climate-sensitive regions.

Madeleine Finlay speaks to Guardian West Coast reporter Maanvi Singh about the Biden administration’s approval of a controversial new oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. She also hears from Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, which is part of a coalition that’s filing a lawsuit to challenge the decision.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod