April 05, 2024
The Fifth Circuit has rejected environmentalists' attempt to undo federal approval for a deepwater oil export terminal off Texas' Gulf Coast, finding the U.S. Coast Guard adequately considered the environmental consequences of the facility in its environmental assessment.
August 01, 2023
A coalition of conservation groups defended their Fifth Circuit challenge of federal approvals for a deepwater oil export terminal in Texas and repeated allegations that regulators failed to adequately assess the risk of oil spills and increased air pollution or consider alternatives to the project.
May 11, 2023
Environmental groups argued before the Fifth Circuit that the U.S. Department of Transportation's approval of a proposed offshore oil export terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast must be thrown out, saying the terminal's licensing would increase U.S. oil export volumes by two-thirds, inducing decades of additional oil production.
January 20, 2023
Environmental and community groups on Thursday challenged the U.S. Department of Transportation's approval of a proposed offshore oil export terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast, claiming it's based on an inadequate analysis of the project's environmental and climate change impacts.
January 19, 2023
A coalition of environmental groups on Thursday asked the Fifth Circuit to reverse the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration's approval of an offshore export terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, arguing the project underwent inadequate environmental and public health review.