Willow Project
The Willow Project is an oil and gas drilling proposal located in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPRA). The NPRA is an area in Alaska that is reserved in to aid in the United State’s obligation under the international energy program. This is aimed to reduce the amount of petroleum products being distributed. However, with the proposal of the Willow Project, drilling would begin leading to detrimental effects on the Earth. Some of which include:
In the following 30 years, >250 million metric tons of CO2 emissions will be released ((The Willow Project, n.d.).
By a century, temperatures could rise up to 12 degrees celsius more (Environment America, n.d.).
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