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.
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,
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 Block Trump's Offshore Drilling Expansions
A new lawsuit seeks to block Trump from revoking former President Joe Biden’s ban on offshore drilling in certain coastal areas, while a new filing in a case from the first Trump administration seeks to reinstate prohibitions against drilling in 128 million acres of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
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.
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.
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.
Trump's Removal of Continental Shelf Drilling Limits Draws Suit
Several environmental groups sued President Donald Trump and top officials at the Interior and Commerce departments on ...
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Wind Energy Leasing Moratorium Status Update
Wind energy projects along the coasts are facing uncertainty due to President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum issued on January 20, ...
Mexico threatens to sue Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
Mexico says Google relabeled the entire gulf, including Mexican and Cuban maritime areas, but President Trump’s order applies ...
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Greek-Turkish: Dialogue on EEZ and continental shelf on ice until further notice
The process of seeking common ground with Turkey on the delimitation of the continental shelf/EEZ is on ice, to draw up a ...
Trump's Lift of Continental Shelf Drilling Limits Draws Suit (1)
Several environmental groups sued President Donald Trump and top officials at the Interior and Commerce departments on ...
Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps
Google renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for U.S.-based users of Google Maps. Mexico's President Claudia ...
National Weather Service changes maps to read Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico
The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho ...
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Apple, Microsoft, Google All Switched to Gulf of America in Maps Programs
Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Google Maps have all changed their Maps software and apps to now display Gulf of America on the ...