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
Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration. Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal.
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 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.
Environmental groups sue Trump over offshore drilling expansion threatening coastal waters
The executive order aims to dismantle safeguards put in place under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a law historically used by presidents to protect U.S. coastal waters from oil and gas development. Trump’s attempt to strip away these protections marks an unprecedented effort to hand over federally protected areas to fossil fuel interests.
Lawsuits target Trump’s move to overturn offshore drilling ban
Two conservation coalitions are asking a federal court to keep protections ordered by former President Joe Biden.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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At Least 2 Oil or Chemical Spills Per Day in England in 2024
A new, interactive map released by the environmental org Oceana tracks every oil and chemical spill in UK waters.