Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 11, 2021
Environmental group threatens to sue US over offshore drilling
The move comes as the U.S. Coast Guard has scaled back its estimate of the number of gallons spilled from the pipeline rupture that is increasingly thought to have been caused by the dragging anchor of a cargo ship.
Following the oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, the Center for Biological Diversity threatened on Friday to sue the federal government if it does not suspend approval of new drilling permits while it reevaluates its effects on the Pacific coast, home to some of the most vulnerable and endangered marine life species.
Also Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard scaled back its estimate of the number of gallons spilled from the pipeline rupt...
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