March 27, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Friday refused to block an upcoming meeting Tuesday within the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
March 18, 2026
A conservation group asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to declare that an upcoming U.S. Department of the Interior meeting to exempt oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act was called illegally, arguing that the meeting could ultimately result in species' extinction.