Many communities on Alaska's North Slope celebrated the project's approval, while some Alaska Natives blasted the decision.

The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives, with some saying that oil money can't counter the damages caused by climate change and others defending the project as economically vital.

Climate activist hold a demonstration to urge President Biden to ... [+] reject the Willow Project at the US Department of Interior on November 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/ for Sunrise AU) Many of us no doubt felt schadenfreude at the story that Greta Thunberg was leading protests against a windpower installation which impinged on the livelihood of indigenous Sami reindeer herders.