The Arctic Circle Project Is a Disaster, a Big Disaster

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Kristen Monsell: Outside of Alaska, there has been a lot of opposition to this decision. She says people are upset at Joe Biden because he has gone back on a key campaign promise. "It's sort of, you know, even kind of contradicts how Joe Biden has positioned himself as a leader," she says.

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