Following reinstatement of massive offshore lease after passage of Inflation Reduction Act

Court rules that the 78 million acre sales violated bedrock environmental law

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Trump administration unlawfully auctioned off millions of acres to oil companies in two 2018 Gulf of Mexico lease sales. Reversing a lower court’s decision, the appellate court held that the federal officials arbitrarily relied on inadequate environmental analyses of the sales’ effects and relied on incorrect assumptions about the sufficiency of safety regulations, violating a bedrock environmental law.

Gulf and environmental groups fight to stop issuance of leases with active lawsuit

Earthjustice is suing to stop this commitment to decades of greenhouse gas emissions.

Letter directed to Secretary Haaland, Director Lefton, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Annatoyn

Administration opens 78 million acres to oil leasing after courts block Arctic, Atlantic drilling

La administración abrió un arrendamiento de 78 millones de acres a compañías petroleras después de que los tribunales bloquearan la perforación en el Atlántico y el Ártico

Administration opens 78 million acres to oil leasing after courts block Arctic, Atlantic drilling

Coast Guard reports most of the leak is contained

Coast Guard reports containment system is now fully installed and operating

Guardia Costera Reporta Que Un Sistema de Contención Está Completamente Instalado Y En Funcionamiento

Earthjustice has two lawsuits challenging oil and gas activities across 78 million acres in Gulf

Bureau of Ocean Management releases final environmental impact analysis of seismic surveys for gulf oil exploration

Earthjustice statement on Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed new standards

Recently the oil giant BP placed full-page ads* in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal pitying itself as the real victim in the aftermath of the Gulf Spill. BP claims it is being targeted by “unscrupulous trial lawyers” representing “thousands of claimants that suffered no losses” that “smell big bucks and want…

Interior Department asked to rescind five deep-water drilling permits

Earthjustice continues to be engaged with the consequences of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a year after it occurred: On Tuesday (April 26), our attorneys will be in oral arguments in the 5th District Federal Court, New Orleans, in our legal challenges to five new deepwater exploration permits, and one shallow…