"Groups from Sierra Club to Greenpeace take aim at Trump’s drilling orders in term’s first environmental legal battles"
"Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration.
Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal.
“Offshore oil drilling is destructive from start to finish,” said Kristen Monsell, the oceans legal director at the conservation organization Center for Biological Diversity. “Opening up more public waters to the oil industry for short-term gain and political points is a reprehensible and irresponsible way to manage our precious ocean ecosystems.”"
Dharna Noor reports for the Guardian February 19, 2025.
SEE ALSO:
"Environmentalists Sue to Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plans" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/climate/alaska-lawsuit-trump-offshore...
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