At the time, Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous blasted the approval: “We will suffer the consequences of this for decades to come.” That may be so. Conoco is the largest oil and gas producer in Alaska, and the company already has more than a million acres of undeveloped leases south and west of the Willow site. More @Wikipedia
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