Environmental leaders of conservation, climate, and indigenous organizations representing millions of members across the nation wrote a letter to Secretary Deb Haaland expressing considerable concern over the speed of the Department of the Interior’s permitting process for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Master Development Project in America’s Western Arctic.

You can read the full letter HERE.

The Leadership from the U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Natural Resources sent a letter seeking information in the wake of a month-long natural gas leak at the Alpine Oil Field, owned and operated by ConocoPhillips on Alaska’s North Slope.

The ongoing leak and ConocoPhillips’ response raised a number of troubling questions, including how your company would respond to similar leaks at your proposed Willow project inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

For More, read the House Natural Resource Committee Letter to ConocoPhillips on the recent gas leak.

The Biden administration has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent by 2030—the most ambitious climate goal of any U.S. president. To get there, the administration has taken a whole-of-government approach, including pledging to vastly expand renewable energy development on public lands and waters.

Willow threatens to negate all of that promised progress on renewables. To find out more, check out this Center for American Progress article.