January 29, 2016
Federal offshore regulators on Friday agreed to perform a sweeping environmental review of hydraulic fracturing and other drilling techniques used in the Pacific Ocean and halt issuing permits for those activities until the review is completed, settling a pair of suits lodged by environmental groups.
June 09, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday allowed the American Petroleum Institute to intervene in a Center for Biological Diversity suit that alleges federal agencies "rubber-stamped" permits for offshore drilling without considering environmental effects.
February 19, 2015
The Center for Biological Diversity sued federal offshore drilling regulators on Thursday seeking to stop fracking off the coast of California, arguing the agencies were "rubberstamping" permits without analyzing the environmental impact of the oil drilling.