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CNN’s Bill Weir on Alaska Willow Oil Project: ‘Climate-Minded and Environmental Voters’ Are Devastated
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CNN Newsroom
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Name: CNN Newsroom
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Name: CNN Newsroom
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Name: CNN Newsroom
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Bill Weir
, Bill Weir
, Bill Weir
, Erica Hill
, Jim Sciutto
, Jim Sciutto
, Jim Sciutto

Name: Bill Weir
Employment: CNN
Position: Anchor

Name: Bill Weir
Employment: CNN
Position: Anchor

Name: Bill Weir
Employment: CNN
Position: Anchor

Name: Erica Hill
Employment: NBC
Position: Journalist

Name: Jim Sciutto
Employment: CNN
Position: Chief National Security Correspondent

Name: Jim Sciutto
Employment: CNN
Position: Chief National Security Correspondent

Name: Jim Sciutto
Employment: CNN
Position: Chief National Security Correspondent
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SCIUTTO New this morning ░░░░░░░░ else we re following ░░░░░░░░ Biden Administration has approved ░░░░░░░░ controversial new oil venture ░░░░░░░░ Alaska that s been ░░░░░░░░ point of contention for ░░░░░░░░ HILL The approval is ░░░░░░░░ victory for Alaska s ░░░░░░░░ congressional delegation and a ░░░░░░░░ of native Alaskans who ░░░░░░░░ the drilling venture will ░░░░░░░░ them much needed revenue ░░░░░░░░ jobs in the remote ░░░░░░░░ Not everyone though is ░░░░░░░░ about this Environmental activist ░░░░░░░░ vowing to challenge this ░░░░░░░░ in court CNN s ░░░░░░░░ climate correspondent Bill Weir ░░░░░░░░ us now So first ░░░░░░░░ all what exactly is ░░░░░░░░ project what would it ░░░░░░░░ WEIR Well it had ░░░░░░░░ shrinked from the original ░░░░░░░░ but it would entail ░░░░░░░░ drilling pads in the ░░░░░░░░ area of what is ░░░░░░░░ aside as the national ░░░░░░░░ reserve It s this ░░░░░░░░ that you ve been ░░░░░░░░ that is sort of ░░░░░░░░ Arctic b roll we ░░░░░░░░ been showing up there ░░░░░░░░ really does not show ░░░░░░░░ full environmental special nature ░░░░░░░░ this place up here ░░░░░░░░ was set up in ░░░░░░░░ 20s when the Navy ░░░░░░░░ trying to get off ░░░░░░░░ coal and it stayed ░░░░░░░░ for a long time ░░░░░░░░ if you contrast that ░░░░░░░░ pictures to the here ░░░░░░░░ some shots when we ░░░░░░░░ to the national wildlife ░░░░░░░░ which is just next ░░░░░░░░ which is another point ░░░░░░░░ political fighting that environmentalists ░░░░░░░░ conservationists manage to win ░░░░░░░░ you call something a ░░░░░░░░ reserve it is easier ░░░░░░░░ protect than petroleum reserve ░░░░░░░░ the Biden Administration they ░░░░░░░░ had no choice These ░░░░░░░░ are contracts ConocoPhillips can ░░░░░░░░ them for the lost ░░░░░░░░ in the tunes of ░░░░░░░░ of dollars so what ░░░░░░░░ tried to do is ░░░░░░░░ the area around it ░░░░░░░░ announced at the same ░░░░░░░░ they d pretty much ░░░░░░░░ off the rest of ░░░░░░░░ Arctic to offshore drilling ░░░░░░░░ well but Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ New Hampshire three years ░░░░░░░░ said I will not ░░░░░░░░ on federal lands period ░░░░░░░░ period And so for ░░░░░░░░ the climate minded and ░░░░░░░░ voters who were animated ░░░░░░░░ that this is devastating ░░░░░░░░ is a huge setback ░░░░░░░░ it is not just ░░░░░░░░ the caribou and the ░░░░░░░░ life and the polar ░░░░░░░░ up there At this ░░░░░░░░ it is about adding ░░░░░░░░ to the carbon blanket ░░░░░░░░ the sky that is ░░░░░░░░ predictable weather and everything ░░░░░░░░ know about life.”
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