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El rorcual de Rice, una de las ballenas más raras del mundo, observada en el oeste del Golfo de México en 2024. Esta especie es la única de gran tamaño que vive en aguas de Norteamérica alrededor del año. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - Permiso NMFS ESA / MMPA n.° 21938)
Press Release May 21, 2025

Grupos Entablan Demanda para Proteger al Rorcual de Rice y Otras Especies Marinas

Una nueva opinión biológica federal no aborda los daños causados por la perforación de combustibles fósiles en el Golfo de México.

A Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale — one of the world’s rarest whales — observed in the western Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The species is the only large whale species that lives year-round in North American waters. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit #21938)
Press Release May 20, 2025

Groups Sue to Protect Critically Endangered Gulf Rice’s Whale From Oil and Gas Impacts

New federal biological opinion fails to address harm from fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf

document May 20, 2025

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief: 2025 Gulf Drilling Biological Opinion

Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and the Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed suit to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Rice’s whale, one of Earth’s rarest whales. (Lisa Conger / Beth Josephson / Permit #21938 / NOAA Fisheries)
case May 20, 2025

Protecting Critically Endangered Rice’s Whale From Oil and Gas Impacts in the Gulf of Mexico

On behalf of our clients, Earthjustice filed suit to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.