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Sierra Club et al v. National Marine Fisheries Service et al

  1. October 22, 2024

    Feds Granted More Time For New Gulf Drilling Review

    A Maryland federal judge has agreed to delay the date by which she will vacate a National Marine Fisheries Service review of the effects of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the agency explained that it would not be able to complete a new review by the original Dec. 20 deadline.

  2. August 20, 2024

    Gulf Spill Review 'Underestimated' Enviro Risks, Court Says

    A National Marine Fisheries Service review of the effects of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico violates federal law, a Maryland federal judge ruled, agreeing with the Sierra Club and other environmental groups that the agency underestimated the risks to endangered and threatened marine species.

  3. January 09, 2024

    Feds Can't Remand Suit Over Gulf Of Mexico Oil Review

    A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected the federal government's and oil interests' request to revisit the former's review of the impacts of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that environmental groups say ignores the lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill on endangered species.

  4. November 10, 2022

    Feds Want Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Review Suit Remanded

    Fisheries regulators want a Maryland federal court to send a challenge to endangered species rules back to the agency, saying a planned rewrite will resolve concerns raised by the groups that sued over the impact of oil and gas drilling on fish and wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

  5. February 24, 2021

    Groups Don't Want Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Review Suit Moved

    A coalition of environmental groups says there is no reason to transfer to Texas or Louisiana its suit accusing the federal government of shortchanging the effects of an oil spill when it analyzed how Gulf of Mexico operations will affect endangered species.

  6. January 21, 2021

    Feds Want Suit Over Gulf Of Mexico Review Shipped South

    The U.S. government has asked a Maryland federal court to move to Texas or Louisiana a suit accusing it of ignoring lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill when reanalyzing how oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will affect endangered species.

  7. October 21, 2020

    Groups Say Gulf Of Mexico Analysis Ignored Deepwater Spill

    Four conservation groups accused the federal government Wednesday of ignoring the lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill in its new review of the impact oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will have on endangered species.