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Biden faces dilemma in fight over large Alaska oil project

Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican, speaks to reporters after giving his annual address to state lawmakers on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Sullivan and the other two members of Alaska's congressional delegation have expressed support for the development of a major oil project, known as the Willow project, in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, speaks to reporters after giving her annual address to state lawmakers on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Murkowski and the other two members of Alaska's congressional delegation have expressed support for the development of a major oil project, known as the Willow project, in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, speaks to reporters after giving an address to state lawmakers on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Peltola and Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have expressed support for the development of a major oil project, known as the Willow project, in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) FILE - This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to Biden's climate goals. A decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska's Willow project, in a federal oil reserve roughly the size of Indiana, could come by early March 2023. (ConocoPhillips via AP, File)