Willow is the single largest oil extraction project proposed on federal lands, estimated to add more than 250 million metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere over the next 30 years — equivalent to the emissions from 66 coal fired power plants (roughly 1/3 of all U.S. coal plants) or from 56 million vehicles over an entire year. With plans calling for up to 250 wells, 37 miles of roads, 389 miles of pipelines, airstrips and a new central processing facility to be built, the Willow Plan would contribute more Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions than any other proposed project on America’s public lands.This will devastate efforts to reach emission reduction targets and keep global warming below 2º celsius. Quite simply, this is a massive carbon bomb waiting to detonate. 

Approval of the Willow Project was pushed through in the waning days of the Trump Administration and faced litigation in court shortly thereafter. In July of 2022 the BLM released a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) addressing the implications of the Willow Project, which POW asked the Outdoor State to comment on. Despite our efforts, in February of this year, the Department of Interior’s latest announcement approved the construction of the proposed Willow Project. While this wasn’t the news we hoped for, this announcement isn’t a final decision. A final decision on the project is imminent, and there’s an opportunity now to stand with POW and act on climateThe time to act is now – We hope you’ll join us in speaking up on behalf of our public lands and climate by sending a message to the Biden Administration: Say no to the Willow project, before it’s too late and help protect the Arctic from the largest proposed oil and gas project on America’s public lands, today.

-Not mine!