The legal fight against the Willow Project very much continues. So, too, does the much bigger struggle to stop further expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
On Nov. 17, Earthjustice attorneys sought a court injunction against Willow, the largest proposed oil development on federal lands in decades. An injunction would prevent any buildout of Willow on the Arctic tundra of Alaska while the court of appeals considers our appeal of a recent trial court ruling that let the project move forward.
“We believe strongly that the federal government did not comply with several bedrock environmental laws when it approved the Willow project, and we look forward to litigating these claims in the appeals court,” says Earthjustice attorney Jeremy Lieb, who first filed a lawsuit against Willow in 2020 on behalf of environmental groups and indigenous communities.
If Willow proceeds as planned,…
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