Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil & Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act

Lawsuit claims Trump’s use of ‘Extinction Committee’ violates law in numerous ways. Washington D.C. — Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species threatened by oil-and-gas offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico. The unprecedented blanket-exemption would leave numerous Gulf species and ... [continued] The post Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil & Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act appeared first on CleanTechnica.