Environmentalists and indigenous groups still reeling from the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’s 600-million-barrel oil project in Alaska are now taking their fight against the development to federal court. In separate lawsuits, the groups are challenging the federal government’s authorization of the Willow development, saying regulators failed to consider smaller, greener options that would better protect the climate and caribou in the region. The filings represent the opening volley in what’s expected to be a protracted legal battle against one of the largest oil-and-gas projects ever permitted on ... (full story)