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Alaska's North Slope has been a focus of intense controversy over oil development and wilderness protection.
The Willow field, a 600-million-barrel, US$8 billion oil project recently approved by the Biden administration, is the latest chapter in that long saga.
Opponents have focused on a planned pipeline that will extend existing infrastructure further westward, deeper into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Discoveries in the northeastern NPR-A suggest this will become a major new oil production area for the U.S. The Biden administration is taking the position that reducing the supply by a significant amount cannot be done by prohibition alone.
Energy transitions depend on changes in demand, not just supply, says Julian Zelizer.
Zelizer: Europe's energy crisis has led to the return of energy security as a top concern.
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