September 04, 2019
The Environmental Defense Center and another group that successfully blocked fracking permits for offshore California are prematurely seeking attorney fees, inflating their billing, and seeking reimbursement for matters on which they lost, the federal government told a California federal court.
April 24, 2019
A California federal judge said he was not persuaded that his order blocking the approval of offshore fracking permits would cause inordinate financial harm to an oil and gas company, refusing its request to amend the order and let its two wells move forward.
March 26, 2019
Environmental groups told a California federal judge Monday that he was right to block the federal government from moving forward with offshore fracking plans, asking him to deny a bid from an oil and gas company to allow permits for its two wells.
January 11, 2019
An oil and natural gas company on Thursday asked a California federal judge to amend an order blocking the federal government from approving any offshore fracking permits or plans in the state, arguing two of its wells should be cleared for use.
November 09, 2018
A California federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from approving any offshore fracking permits or plans in the state, finding the agency violated the Endangered Species Act and Coastal Zone Management Act.
July 17, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday refused to toss consolidated challenges to an environmental assessment by two U.S. Department of the Interior divisions that would allow acid well stimulation and fracking off Southern California’s coastline, determining that the findings constituted final agency actions that could be reviewed.
April 04, 2017
Two U.S. Department of the Interior divisions on Monday asked a federal judge to toss consolidated challenges to an environmental assessment that would allow acid well stimulation and hydraulic fracturing off Southern California's coastline, saying the assessment is not a final agency action.
February 09, 2017
Exxon Mobil Corp. sought Wednesday to intervene in two lawsuits challenging an environmental assessment by two U.S. Department of the Interior divisions that would allow acid well stimulation and fracking off Southern California's coastline, saying the company has invested significant resources in exploration and development in the area.
November 14, 2016
Two environmental groups have sued the government in California federal court over a decision that ended a moratorium on approvals for fracking and acidizing from offshore oil platforms in southern California, seeking to compel government agencies to prepare an environmental impact assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act.