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Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lukasz Zakrzewski / Shutterstock)
case February 19, 2025

Challenging the Trump Administration’s Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

Amid a flurry of anti-environment executive orders on his first day in office, Trump issued an order to revoke former president Biden’s protection of millions of acres of undeveloped public…
Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans at Earthjustice. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video February 19, 2025

First Environmental Lawsuit vs. New Trump Administration

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans at Earthjustice, explains the legal challenge to block the Trump administration's illegal ocean drilling plan.
A deep water drill ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Update February 19, 2025

We’re Suing to Block Trump’s Illegal Ocean Drilling Plan

Executive order gives oil and gas companies a green light to drill in public waters that had been protected off almost every U.S. coast.
A brown pelican covered in oil sits on a beach in Louisiana after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Trump administration has moved to allow oil and gas companies to ignore endangered species protections  (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Press Release February 19, 2025

Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit Vs. New Trump Administration, Challenging Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

Two legal actions challenge President Trump’s attempts to open offshore drilling
document February 19, 2025

Reinstating 2019 12(a) Ruling

Groups are asking a court to reinstate a federal court ruling that invalidated an attempt by the first Trump administration to undo Obama-era offshore protections.
document February 19, 2025

Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit vs. New Trump Administration

Challenging an illegal order by President Trump to revoke former President Biden’s withdrawal of vulnerable areas of the ocean from future oil-and-gas leasing