The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved, and pictured, Nuiqsut on the North Slope of Alaska near the proposed Willow oil project, in May 2019.
Mandatory Credit:	Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post/Getty Images

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved, and pictured, Nuiqsut on the North Slope of Alaska near the proposed Willow oil project, in May 2019.
Mandatory Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post/Getty Images

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The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved.