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DC Circ. Pressed To Undo Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Sales
Law360 (April 28, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT) Environmental advocates told the D.C. Circuit it must rescind Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases entered in 2018 because they were based upon a faulty environmental review that didn t adequately consider the upsides of not holding the auctions nor the possibilities of an oil spill.
In their opening brief on Tuesday, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network now know as Healthy Gulf urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a lower court s backing of two massive lease sales held in 2018 by the U.S. Department of the Interior s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The groups.
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The quest to fulfill energy demands places whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals at substantial risk. When seismic surveys are used to explore for oil and gas, shock waves and rapid changes in pressure can cause tissue destruction and deafen marine mammals, who are highly dependent on their key senses for survival.
In the interest of conservation and prudent development of the natural resources, President Truman’s 1945 Proclamation asserted federal jurisdiction over natural resources, the subsoil, and the seabed of offshore resources of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States. Proclamation 2667, 10 Fed. Reg. 12,305 (Sept. 28, 1945). The goal of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), passed in 1953, is to balance protection for marine animals and restoration of coastal beaches and wetlands, with management of oil and gas exploration. 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331–1356(b) (1953). The 1978 OCSLA amendments addressed increasing demand
Basin groups form coalition; ask for seats on task force
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Several Louisiana organizations have joined together to form The Atchafalaya Basin Coalition, and are asking the governor for representation on the newly-formed task force.
The Coalition consists of fishermen and environmental groups with the common purpose of protecting Louisianaâs Atchafalaya Basin swamps, lakes, and waterways for generations to come, a release states.
Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association West, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Sierra Club, and Healthy Gulf all have serious concerns that there are issues in the Atchafalaya Basin that are not currently being adequately addressed and managed, the release states.
habitat. florida, more than 90% restoring beaches, wildlife, oysters and sport fishing. what is alabama doing wrong here? well, they re not rebuilding their ecosystem. aaron viles of gulf restoration network says what alabama is proposing is not restoration. this is an economic development project. reporter: they re going to make money off this? absolutely. somebody has to be hired and build it and design it. if you re talking about that, yes, there is an economic development component of it. but it s restoration project addressing injury. the state s going to be making money off this. when you say the state is making money reporter: people paying for hotel rooms and conference space. well yeah, sure, the state we should. we lost people coming to our coast. reporter: but there could be other losses as well. you are doing more harm than
their ecosystem. aaron viles of gulf restoration network says what alabama is proposing is not restoration. this is an economic development project. reporter: they re going to make money off this? absolutely. somebody has to be hired and build it and design it. if you re talking about that, yes, there is an economic development component of it. but it s restoration project addressing injury. the state s going to be making money off this. when you say the state is making money reporter: people paying for hotel rooms and conference space. well yeah, sure, the state we should. we lost people coming to our coast. reporter: but there could be other losses as well. you are doing more harm than good-bye plop be down a huge beach front development on