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The Trump administration is opening millions of acres of ocean to oil companies.
New offshore drilling risks huge oil spills to local economies and communities. Earthjustice is suing to stop this terrible decision.
At Earthjustice, we are 200+ lawyers protecting our public lands and waters from polluters.
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United StatesThe United States is the top producer of both oil and gas.
There is no “energy emergency” in the United States — but there have been catastrophic events made worse by climate change, which will only continue without a transition to clean energy.
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The Development Driller III in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.
It took BP 87 days to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. By then, 200 million gallons of oil had spilled. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill wrecked tourism, killed millions of wildlife, and sickened thousands of people.
As of today, 390 towns and cities have passed resolutions against offshore drilling. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies are now drilling in even deeper waters and already have 13 million acres of the Gulf under lease. They do NOT need more.
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An oil-coated feather washed onto a Pensacola beach on June 23, 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
We have already seen the devastation oil drilling can deliver.
Millions of people have said ‘no’ to more oil drilling.
“Many folks from my area went to the Panhandle to wash birds, shovel seaweed and do other tasks to remove the oil slick from BP's horrific mistake.
“The Gulf and its waters are public lands, meant for all to enjoy and not designed to make profits for one of the wealthiest companies in the world.”
K. M.
Englewood, Florida
“We all remember the economic devastation of the Deepwater Horizon debacle. It still affects some shore-and-Gulf businesses.”
B. D.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
“Living this close to the Gulf, the smell of burning oil from the 2010 BP oil spill remains vivid in my olfactory memory. Awful.”
J. S.
Slidell, Louisiana
“I was in my front yard when 3 military helicopters flew low over my house going faster than I have ever seen before.
“It was clear they were in a hurry, and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end and a chill ran down my spine because I knew something was terribly wrong. Later I learned it was the Deepwater Horizon. Every time I think of it now, I have the same reaction.
“Then I watched in horror as millions of gallons of oil poured into the Gulf. I watched as thousands of animals died, and people lost their livelihoods.”
N. T.
Holiday, Louisiana
“It was sickening what it did to our water and coastline.
“I even went out in a boat as the oil approached — and fish were so terrified they were hitting the boat to flee the awful oil.”
S. B.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A million brown pelicans, northern gannets, black terns, and other seabirds are estimated to have died in the days, weeks, and months after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Video credit: A warm sunny day at a pristine beach. (Getty Images)
Quotes: A selection from the 26,000 comments submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in June 2025 in reaction to BP's proposed deepwater Kaskida drilling project.