A federal appeals court has ruled against parts of the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska but stopped short of halting construction completely. The June 13, 2025 decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated environmental law when approving the massive Arctic oil project. The Willow Project, developed by ConocoPhillips in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, aims to extract up to 180,000 barrels of oil daily at peak production. First approved during the Trump administration, the project was reviewed and given final approval by the Biden administration in March 2023, though … Continue reading Court Finds BLM Violated Environmental Law Yet $17B Willow Oil Project Continues in Arctic