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An oiled gannet is cleaned at the Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster. June 17, 2010.
(PO3 Colin White / U.S. Coast Guard)
case May 12, 2021

Protecting Wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico from Offshore Drilling

In 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused the death or serious harm to billions, if not trillions, of fish, sea turtles, whales, and other animals, including more than 100,000 individuals of species listed as threatened or endangered, according to scientists’ estimates. The National Marine Fisheries Service is required under the Endangered Species Act…

document October 21, 2020

Legal Complaint: Endangered Species Act on Biological Opinion for Oil & Gas Drilling

Lawsuit Challenges Inadequate Federal Review of Endangered Species in Gulf of Mexico

A tension-leg oil production platform burns off unrecoverable gas and leaves a plume of smoke in the Gulf of Mexico.
(Land by Sea / Getty Images)
Press Release October 21, 2020

Lawsuit Challenges Inadequate Federal Review of Endangered Species in Gulf of Mexico

Agency ignores Deepwater Horizon tragedy, science in biological opinion for offshore oil and gas activities

document June 21, 2018

Legal Document: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Gulf of Mexico Wildlife from Offshore Drilling

Earthjustice, on behalf of three conservation groups, sued the Trump administration for failing to complete a legally required consultation about offshore drilling’s harms to threatened and endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico.

An oil soaked bird struggles against the oil slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010.
(Gerald Herbert / AP Photo)
Press Release June 21, 2018

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Gulf of Mexico Wildlife from Offshore Drilling

Agencies have failed to hold legal consultation on offshore drilling after Deepwater Horizon disaster

Close-up of turtle covered with petroleum.
(Getty Images)
Press Release June 21, 2018

Administración Trump demandada por desamparar a la fauna del Golfo de México de la perforación petrolífera

El gobierno abandonó estudios biológicos no obstante el desastre de Deepwater Horizon