Oil

The Latest On: Oil

January 25, 2019 | Press Release

86 Organizations Representing Millions Demand Answers from Top Interior Department, U.S. Forest Service Officials on Oil & Gas, Logging Industry Favors During Shutdown

National network of environmental advocates slams continued oil and gas development, logging activities on public lands, proposed rollbacks on FOIA policies

January 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Bayou Bridge Pipeline - Memorandum Supporting Preliminary Injunction

Environmental watchdogs, represented by the nonprofit law firm Earthjustice, have asked a federal judge for a second preliminary injunction to block construction that violates ETP’s permit and has gone unchecked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

January 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Bayou Bridge Declaration of Dean Wilson with Exhibits

Atchafalaya Basin groups have spent months documenting significant harm stemming from Energy Transfer Partners’ ongoing pipeline construction activities in the Atchafalaya.

January 23, 2019 | Press Release

Atchafalaya Advocates Ask Federal Judge to Block Bayou Pipeline as Floodwaters Rise

Energy Transfer Partners continues long-standing pattern of permit violations and environmental destruction in America’s largest wetlands

January 18, 2019 | From the Experts

Stopping Dangerous Oil Trains from Coming to California

Community activists have been largely successful at preventing catastrophic oil train derailment in California.

January 17, 2019 | Article

D.C. Is Shut Down for the People — and Open for President Trump’s Corporate Cronies

The government is working just fine for the oil and gas industry.

January 17, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Shutdown Spares Oil Industry as Interior Works on Plan to Pollute Our Coasts

Department of Interior prioritizes offshore drilling expansion as thousands of federal workers furloughed or forced to work without pay

December 20, 2018 | Press Release

Trump Ramps Up Reckless Assault on the Arctic Refuge

Hasty environmental review ignores human rights and public support for protections

December 17, 2018 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Approval of Offshore Oil Drilling Project in the Arctic

Administration approval of Hilcorp’s Liberty Project violated federal law, ignores climate change

December 11, 2018 | Press Release

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

First step toward offshore drilling jeopardizes critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, puts marine life at risk