Biden denies reports that Alaska oil drilling project has been approvedThe Biden administration has denied reports that it has authorized a key oil drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, a highly contentious project that environmentalists argue would damage a pristine wilderness and gut White House commitments to combat climate crisis.
Late Friday, Bloomberg was first to report citing anonymous sources that senior Biden advisers had signed off on the project and formal approval would be made public by the Interior Department next week.
This is the proverbial straw on the camel's back for me, a pretty dyed-in-the-wool D voter. While approving this would not, of course, make Biden and Trump equivalent, it is a step too far in the wrong direction for me. When you're drowning, it doesn't matter if you're on the bottom of a stream an arm's-length from the surface, or sinking down to the bottom of an abyssal plain. You're drowning either way, when what you need to do is get above water. This would be a decision to move in the wrong direction. If this is approved, I will not vote for Biden (or any D politician who supports this) again.
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