September 22, 2023
Conservation groups filed an emergency Fifth Circuit appeal Friday to block a Louisiana federal judge's order for U.S. regulators to strip protections for endangered whales recently added to an imminent Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale.
September 15, 2023
A Louisiana federal judge said conservation groups can join a fight over the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's decision to withdraw 6 million acres from an upcoming oil and gas lease sale and add protections for endangered Rice's whales — a decision the Pelican State and oil companies aim to overturn.
August 29, 2023
Fossil fuel interests including Chevron on Tuesday pressed a Pelican State federal judge to strip new endangered whale protection stipulations from a massive federal oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico before bidding starts in less than a month.
August 25, 2023
The oil industry, Chevron and the state of Louisiana have challenged a proposed federal oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, alleging regulators at the last minute unlawfully shrank the size of the lease and added vessel restrictions in a bid to protect endangered whales.