October 06, 2020
A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday tossed litigation challenging oil- and gas-related seismic testing off the Atlantic Coast, saying it was moot given that any testing would not take place before federal permits expire Nov. 30.
February 18, 2020
A federal judge on Tuesday kept South Carolina in litigation challenging oil- and gas-related seismic testing off the Atlantic Coast and President Donald Trump's pro-drilling executive order, saying the state's case resembles litigation in Alaska where a judge invalidated portions of that executive order.
April 23, 2019
South Carolina's challenge to oil- and gas-related seismic testing off the Atlantic Coast and to President Donald Trump's pro-drilling executive order should be tossed because the state misinterpreted the scope of the order, the federal government argued Monday.
March 14, 2019
The federal government told a South Carolina federal court that it had carefully considered the potential harm to marine mammals from allowing oil and gas seismic testing off the Atlantic coast, arguing a request by environmental groups to halt the testing before it begins is misguided.
March 06, 2019
Whales and other marine animals will be harmed if the government is not stopped from allowing oil and gas companies to conduct seismic testing, Atlantic Coast states including New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey told a South Carolina federal court Tuesday.
January 18, 2019
A South Carolina federal judge on Friday barred the federal government from issuing permits that allow oil and gas companies to injure or otherwise disrupt whales and other marine mammals during seismic testing off the Atlantic coast until Congress restores funding to federal agencies.
December 20, 2018
Nine East Coast state attorneys general on Thursday sought to join a suit challenging the Trump administration's issuance of permits for oil and gas companies to injure or otherwise disrupt whales and other marine mammals during seismic testing off the Atlantic coast, a precursor for offshore drilling in the region.
December 11, 2018
Environmental groups on Tuesday launched a challenge in South Carolina federal court to the Trump administration's issuance of permits for oil and gas companies to injure or otherwise disrupt whales and other marine mammals during seismic testing off the Atlantic coast, a precursor for offshore drilling in the region.