Environmental Groups Sue Over BP’s New Deepwater Gulf Oil Project
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Environmental Groups Sue Over BP’s New Deepwater Gulf Oil Project
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/bps-new-deepwater-gulf-oil-project-draws-green-group-lawsuit
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Environmental groups on Monday challenged the Trump administration’s approval of BP PLC‘s $5 billion oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, alleging the proposed oilfield threatens the region’s ecosystems and endangered species.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s environmental review for the Kaskida Project contains information that is “missing or significantly flawed” in violation of administrative law, according to the groups’ statement.
Groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and Healthy Gulf say the agency approved a plan with faulty estimates for a “worst-case oil spill” from the drilling project, which is set to be about 250 miles off the coast of Louisiana and produce 80,000 barrels of oil per day.
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-Elliot