Yesterday, along with The Sierra Club and Louisiana Bucket Brigade, we filed a state court challenge to the re-issued coastal use permit for the proposed Commonwealth LNG export facility, in…
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Turtle Island Restoration Network is proud to have a history of partnership and collaboration with the Center for Biological Diversity, a highly effective group with real principles. If you haven’t...
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Rendering of Commonwealth LNG, source: Commonwealth LNG. In a major win for environmental justice and coastal protection, a Louisiana state court has vacated the coastal use permit for the proposed…
For Immediate Release, October 14, 2025. Breaking news press release originally distributed by Sierra Club: Joanie Steinhaus, joanie@tirn.net, Turtle Island Restoration Network Anne Rolfes, anne@labucketbrigade.org, Louisiana Bucket Brigade Andy Li, andy.li@sierraclub.org,…
Thank you to The Daily News Galveston, and journalist Lauren Frick, for covering the recent decision by federal regulators to deny BP’s latest Gulf of Mexico drilling proposal (The Kaskida…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rejected BP’s proposal for its first new Gulf of Mexico oilfield since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, citing serious flaws in the company’s…
Today, four major environmental organizations (TIRN, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the latest failure to protect endangered species in...
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It is starting to feel like another day, another reason to sue in the name of protecting the Endangered Species Act. Turtle Island Restoration Network is proud to be in...
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Photo of the Shell Appomattox platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2024. Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times. Environmental Groups Take Legal Action Against Trump Administration’s Offshore Drilling Expansion...
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For Immediate Release, February 19, 2025 Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@tirn.net Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit Vs. New Trump Administration, Challenging Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from...
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