A federal court denied environmental groups’ motion to require the Trump administration to further analyze the environmental impacts of two planned offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Reggie B. Walton on Tuesday denied the groups’ 2018 motion for summary judgment against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
The groups, which include the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, and the Gulf Restoration Network, claimed BOEM failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act when it decided earlier in 2018 to move ahead with two ...