Riley Rogerson

Now that Willow has been approved, environmental groups’ short-term strategy is litigation. But aside from that, pushing back now is “a tough one,” one activist said.

The Biden administration’s Monday decision to approve the ConocoPhillips Alaska oil project swiftly drew both celebration and condemnation, in the state and Outside.

The decision comes a day after the administration announced restrictions on drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Beaufort Sea.

Peltola also recently joined the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group in the U.S. House.

President Biden will approve the Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, according to a reports based on anonymous sources.

The bill would give the U.S. Secretary of Commerce more authority to regulate companies from China and other adversarial nations.

The viral anti-Willow posts come as Alaska advocates and leaders are undertaking a last hard push for approval, with the state’s congressional delegation making a visit to the White House to make their final pitch.

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black Green Berets, almost six decades after the Army lost his original 1965 nomination.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski sponsored legislation to revoke the deadline on Equal Rights Amendment ratification.

The totem pole has sat in Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, Rep. Don Young and now Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s offices.

As a decision from the Biden administration nears on Willow, the resolution is a piece of Alaska supporters’ push for approval.

All three members of the Alaska delegation urged ongoing U.S. aid for Ukraine around the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

With a decision looming, Arctic Slope Regional Corp., Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat and others pressed for the project in D.C., highlighting that the North Slope stands to gain billions if it’s built.

Alaska has celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day for decades. Now the state’s U.S. senators have led an effort to commemorate the legacy of the Tlingit civil rights leader on a national scale.

President Joe Biden plans to tap Mike Sfraga, an Arctic geography and policy expert, to be the United States’ first Arctic ambassador.