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November 21, 2019 | Press Release

BLM moves to gut protected areas in Alaska’s Western Arctic

Proposed management plan would gut protections for the largest Arctic lake in the United States and other Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

November 4, 2019 | Press Release

Ninth Circuit to Hear Arguments Against Arctic Offshore Drilling Project Approval

Earthjustice attorney Rebecca Noblin to argue case in Portland

July 25, 2019 | In the News: Kallanish Energy

Trump Administration To Look At Endangered Species In Gulf Of Mexico

Chris Eaton, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “This administration has been acting as if the Deepwater Horizon disaster had no effect on the Gulf. We hope this long-overdue assessment will inject some accurate facts and science into the government’s offshore drilling decisions.”

July 1, 2019 | Article

We’re Suing to Prevent the Next BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster

Waivers and rollback of Well Control Rule put lives at risk.

June 11, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Ten environmental groups — Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, North Carolina Coastal Federation, and South Carolina Coastal Conservation League — sued the Trump administration to challenge rollbacks of the 2016 Well Control and Blowout Preventer Rule, a safety regulation meant to prevent another blowout like what happened during the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.

June 10, 2019 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Rollbacks target drilling safeguards designed to prevent another Deepwater Horizon disaster

May 2, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Weakens Post-Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Rule repeal will remove critical safeguards to prevent another well blowout and oil spill

April 19, 2019 | Legal Document

District Court Ruling in Challenge to Trump Administration’s Order to Open Public Lands to Coal Leasing

The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana rules that the Trump administration violated the law when it opened up America's public lands to coal leasing in 2017.

April 19, 2019 | Article

Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated Law By Opening Public Lands to Coal Leasing

Earthjustice attorney Jenny Harbine just stopped the Trump's administration's efforts to open up dirty coal leasing on public lands.

April 5, 2019 | Explainer

Court Affirms Protections Against Drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic

What this court ruling means for the country and the climate.

Federal Fossil Fuels

BLM moves to gut protected areas in Alaska’s Western Arctic

Ninth Circuit to Hear Arguments Against Arctic Offshore Drilling Project Approval

Trump Administration To Look At Endangered Species In Gulf Of Mexico

We’re Suing to Prevent the Next BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster

Complaint: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Trump Administration Weakens Post-Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

District Court Ruling in Challenge to Trump Administration’s Order to Open Public Lands to Coal Leasing

Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated Law By Opening Public Lands to Coal Leasing

Court Affirms Protections Against Drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic

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