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Gulf Oil Spill Highlights Need to Put Atlantic Coast, Eastern Gulf Off-Limits to Offshore Drilling, Groups Say
A coalition of 31 groups from New Jersey to Florida and Alabama joined forces today to tell the Obama Administration to permanently withdraw the Mid- and South Atlantic and eastern Gulf from any drilling for...
ORV Kills Nesting Sea Turtle on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
After a rare female loggerhead sea turtle was dragged and killed by an off-road vehicle while attempting to nest at night on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, conservation groups request improved protections for...
Court Lifts Moratorium, Green Lights More Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf
Environmental groups expressed disappointment over a federal district court decision today to halt a six-month federal moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that would have allowed for safety reviews after...
MMS deepwater lease sales to BP and other companies continue lax oversight say groups
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) continues to approve new leases after the Deepwater Horizon explosion that give British Petroleum and other companies the right to drill even more deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico...
SELC Cheers US Senate Rejection of Anti-Clean Air Act Resolution
The Southern Environmental Law Center applauds action by the U.S. Senate today voting down a proposal that would have prolonged the country's addiction to fossil fuels even as oil continues to spew into the Gulf...
Conservationists Applaud New Wilderness Bill for Tennessee
Tennessee Wild, a broad coalition of conservation organizations, praised Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker today for introducing legislation to permanently protect new wilderness areas on the Cherokee National Forest.
SELC Applauds Announcement to Cancel Va Offshore Drilling; Urges Permanent Ban for All South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf
The Southern Environmental Law Center commends the Obama Administration for cancelling the oil and gas drilling lease sale proposed for 3 million acres off the coast of Virginia, but urges the Administration to permanently ban...
BP to be sued over harm to endangered species
The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife today notified BP that they would file suit against the company for the unauthorized take of endangered species caused by the continuing oil spill and use...
Minerals Management Service’s complicity in Gulf oil disaster challenged in court
Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed suit challenging the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) complicity in the Gulf oil disaster and continued lax oversight of oil drilling operations, including its failure...
Conservation Groups’ Comments on Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan
National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Southern Environmental Law Center yesterday submitted comments regarding the National Park Service’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Off-road Vehicle Management Plan.