Sierra Club Statement on New Federal Protections for U.S. Oceans
Jan 6, 2025 · The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst maritime oil disaster in history, released 4 million barrels of crude oil into the ocean resulting in $8.8 billion in natural resource damages. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous, released the following statement:
Lawsuit Spurs Agreement to Better Protect Endangered Rice ... - Sierra Club
BALTIMORE, MD — Under a settlement agreement approved today in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale – a critically endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico — and other imperiled marine species from harmful oil …
Sierra Club v. National Marine Fisheries Service
Sierra Club and three other organizations challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS's) issuance of a programmatic biological opinion that governed oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sierra Club et al v. National Marine Fisheries Service et al, No. 8 ...
Background The Gulf of Mexico is home to a range of endangered or threatened marine species protected under the ESA. AR13405. These include the Rice’s whale (previously known as the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale, see 86 Fed. Reg. 47,022-01 (Aug. 23, 2021)), an endangered marine mammal that exists nowhere else on Earth. AR13405, AR13415–19.
The Biden Administration Delivers for America’s Coastal …
Jan 10, 2025 · The protected waters include the entire eastern Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico; the Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington; and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska. This move is the latest chapter in Biden’s historic climate legacy.
Maryland Court’s Vacatur of Biological Opinion Could Cause …
Sep 19, 2024 · Seven months later, Plaintiff nonprofit environmental organizations Sierra Club, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the Earth (the “Plaintiffs”) filed their challenge of the 2020 BiOp, its environmental analyses, jeopardy analyses, RPA, …
Sierra Club v. National Marine Fisheries Service
A district court granted environmental groups' motion to lift a stay of a suit challenging NMFS' biological opinion (BiOp) concerning oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups initially argued NMFS issued a flawed BiOp that underestimated the risks of …
Sierra Club et al v. National Marine Fisheries Service et al, No. 8 ...
Background The Gulf of Mexico is home to a range of endangered or threatened marine species protected under the ESA. ECF 65-2, ¶ 43. These include the Rice’s whale (also known as the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale) and the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, both of …
Maryland Court's Vacatur Of Biological Opinion Could Cause
Sep 23, 2024 · In its 2020 BiOp, the NMFS found that Gulf of Mexico ("GOM") oil and gas operations would only jeopardize the survival and recovery of one species: the endangered Rice's whale.
U.S. federal judge orders increased protection of marine life from …
Aug 22, 2024 · At the urging of the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and other green groups, a United States federal judge has thrown out a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) assessment governing how...
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