Environmental groups sue to block Trump's offshore drilling expansions
Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline, in what appeared to be the first legal challenges to the Republicans’ efforts to boost fossil fuel production.
Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit Vs. New Trump Administration, Challenging Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling
The law authorizes the president to withdraw offshore areas from oil and gas leasing, as eight administrations, including the first Trump administration, have routinely done. However, the law does not authorize the president to revoke the withdrawals of prior presidents,
Conservationists sue over Trump dump of offshore drilling bans
The groups say the president does not have the authority to revoke an earlier president's ocean protections under federal law.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Order to Undo Ocean Protections From Offshore Drilling
Conservation groups today filed the first environmental lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect oceans from offshore drilling. One set of groups is challenging an illegal order by President Trump to revoke former President Biden’s withdrawal of vulnerable areas of the ocean from future oil-and-gas leasing.
Environmental groups sue to stop Trump effort to expand offshore drilling
Several conservation groups filed litigation in federal court in Alaska this week seeking to stop efforts by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, including in the U.S. Arctic Ocean off the state's coasts.
Surfrider, environmental groups sue Trump administration over oil protections
A coalition of conservation organizations has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an attempt to stop it from allowing more drilling off the country’s coasts, including in California. The group said it is challenging President Donald Trump’s “illegal order to open protected areas of the ocean to future oil and gas leasing.
Climate groups launch first lawsuits challenging Trump’s plans to expand offshore drilling
Several climate advocacy groups claim that the US President's undoing of marine protections is illegal. View on euronews
Climate Groups Sue Over Trump’s Orders to Expand Offshore Drilling
This story was originally published by theGuardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Deskcollaboration. Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump admi
Surfrider Files Lawsuit Against Trump Over Offshore Oil Drilling Ban
Joining the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, legal action has been taken to top the president from opening up more coastal waters to drilling.
Climate advocates sue Trump Administration over drilling order
Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration for re-opening US waters to fossil fuel drilling, arguing that Trump's order is illegal.
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