April 24, 2026
The Trump administration has said that a federal committee's recent exemption of oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act requirements moots a lawsuit challenging federal evaluations of offshore drilling's effects on endangered species.
April 08, 2024
An environmental group sued the U.S. government Monday in District of Columbia federal court, accusing it of violating the Endangered Species Act and alleging that top officials are not adequately protecting threatened animals from offshore oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.