EcoWatch | Arctic Oil Drilling Project Approved by Trump Administration EcoWatch Hilcorp Alaska received the green light to build the Liberty Project, a nine-acre artificial drilling island and 5.6-mile underwater pipeline, which environmentalists warn could risk oil spills in the sensitive Beaufort Sea and threaten polar bears and ... The Trump administration just approved a plan to drill for oil in Alaska's federal waters. It's a major first. Trump admin approves Arctic offshore oil drilling project off Alaska's coast Trump administration approves 1st oil and gas production facility in federal Arctic waters |