| ConocoPhillips's Willow project on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, slated to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day, won approval from the Trump administration and was defended by Biden officials. But U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason, an Obama appointee, threw out key permits for it on the grounds that federal officials failed to adequately analyze the project's climate impact and other possible development plans and didn't specify how polar bears would be protected. The ruling marked a major win for environmental and Alaska Native groups, and a setback for proponents of oil drilling on public land. | 
