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      Tug boats tow a semi-submersible drilling platform in Port Aransas, Texas on December 12, 2020.

      Groups Sue to Stop Biden From Offering 73 Million Acres to Oil Drillers in Gulf of Mexico

      "We should be moving away from fossil fuels, not enabling an astounding amount of drilling for more than a generation to come," said one advocate.

      Kenny Stancil
      Mar 06, 2023

      Seven groups on Monday filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Interior Department's Lease Sale 259, which would offer 73.3 million acres of public waters in the Gulf of Mexico to the highest-bidding oil and gas drillers.

      Earthjustice, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, Healthy Gulf, Bayou City Waterkeeper, and Friends of the Earth filed the lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia. The complaint asks the court to "vacate or enjoin any leases issued or actions taken pursuant to the unlawful [sale] unless and until defendants comply with the law."

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      'No Form of This Project Is OK': Climate Groups Reject White House Push for Willow Compromise

      "Climate change is melting Alaska's glaciers," said the Alaska Wilderness League. "We can't afford to dig the hole any deeper with bad ideas like the Willow Project."

      Julia Conley
      Mar 02, 2023

      Climate advocates on Wednesday intensified their warnings to the Biden administration against approving oil giant ConocoPhillips' Willow project in Alaska, rejecting attempts by White House officials to reach a "compromise" on a drilling project that would generate an estimated 9.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.

      Even approval of a "scaled back version" of the Willow project, said former Sierra Club president Dave Scott, would lead to "a tragedy environmentalists know all too well."

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      Threatening Legal Action, Groups Call On Buttigieg to Ensure Ohio Toxic Train Crash Is Last of Its Kind

      "It should not take another exploding train to get DOT's attention."

      Julia Conley
      Feb 17, 2023

      With progressive lawmakers and rail workers condemning the profit-driven railway scheduling policies that employees say are to blame for the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, environmental advocates on Friday called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to reinstate safety rules to prevent similar crashes.

      Representing Waterkeeper Alliance, Sierra Club, Riverkeeper, Washington Conservation Action, and Stand, environmental law group Earthjustice wrote to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, demanding a response to an administrative appeal the organizations originally put forward in 2018, after the agency repealed electronic braking system requirements for trains carrying hazardous material.

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