Opponents say that this will hurt jobs in the region, while advocates want a full ban on oil and gas projects in the Arctic.
Some Democrats are upset as well. The leases and other fossil fuel projects have been supported by figurescreated jobs. U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, who is a Democrat, said that canceling“This administration showed that it is capable of listening to Alaskans with the approval of the Willow Project, and it is some of those same Inupiat North Slope communities who are the ones that are most impacted by this decision,” she said in.
“Keeping options open for any new oil and gas drilling could lock us into more fossil fuel emissions for decades to come, and we can’t afford that,” Monsell said in an emailed statement. “We have to end all oil drilling in the Arctic if we want to preserve the region and the polar bears, ringed seals and other wildlife already struggling to survive there.”
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