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Conservationists Push Back Against Trump Admin Vote to Allow Offshore Drilling in Gulf
The lawsuit says the exemption was rushed and could endanger more than two dozen species, including about 50 Rice’s whales, according to the complaint.
- On Tuesday, the Trump administration exempted Gulf oil and gas operations from Endangered Species Act requirements; environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf filed suit Thursday to block the order.
- Chaired by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the Endangered Species Committee approved the exemption in its first meeting in 30 years, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arguing that ESA rules curb domestic energy production and benefit adversaries.
- The exemption threatens over two dozen protected species, including the critically endangered Rice's whale with about 50 remaining. Patrick Parenteau, emeritus professor at Vermont Law School, warned "If Trump is successful here, he could be the first person in history to knowingly extirpate a species from the face of the Earth."
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claimed environmental groups leverage litigation to force operators into costly, multi-million dollar projects, echoing industry arguments that repeated lawsuits deter investment in one of Louisiana's signature industries.
- While the administration claimed the move addresses high gas prices, experts note that expanding Gulf production takes years, if not decades, meaning the rollback is expected to have no immediate impact on crude oil or gasoline prices.
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Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil & Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act - CleanTechnica
Lawsuit claims Trump’s use of ‘Extinction Committee’ violates law in numerous ways. Washington D.C. — Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species threatened by oil-and-gas offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The unprecedented blanket-exemption would leave numerous Gulf species and ... [continued] The post Advocacy Groups Sue …
Galveston-linked group joins lawsuit challenging Gulf drilling exemption
Turtle Island Restoration Network, a California-based conservation nonprofit with deep Galveston roots, joined a coalition of environmental groups Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging an exemption from the Endangered Species Act.
Conservationists push back against Trump admin vote to allow offshore drilling in Gulf
This week, the Trump Administration voted to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from the Endangered Species Act, causing concern for environmental conservation groups in Florida.
ESA exemption draws immediate court challenge
(The Center Square) − Environmental groups moved almost immediately to challenge the Trump administration’s sweeping exemption of Gulf oil and gas operations from key Endangered Species Act requirements, filing suit Thursday to block the order from taking effect.
Only about 50 animals live in the Gulf of Mexico – the Rice-Brydewal is one of the rarest mammals in the world. Now he is threatened with extinction.
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