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Lawsuit: TIRN & Orgs Sue Trump Administration Approval of BP’s Kaskida Drilling Project in the Gulf, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon

By 2026, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, News Releases, PSA, Sea Turtles, TIRN

For Immediate Release, April 20, 2026 Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Joanie Steinhaus, Turtle Island Restoration Network, joanie@tirn.net Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s New Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Project in the Gulf of…

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Lawsuit: Gulf & Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Gulf Oil-and-Gas Activities from Endangered Species Act

By 2026, Conservation, Education & Outreach, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, Leatherback, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, News Releases, Protect Nesting Beaches, PSA, Sea Turtles, Turtles

Groups to hold virtual press briefing today at 12 pm ET. For Immediate Release, April 2, 2026 Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Joanie Steinhaus, Turtle Island Restoration Network, joanie@tirn.net Alex…

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Lawsuit Victory: Louisiana Court Strikes Down Permit for Commonwealth LNG Project

By 2025, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, LNG, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News

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…

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Louisiana State Court Vacates Permit for Construction of Commonwealth LNG Project

By 2025, Conservation, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, LNG, News, News Releases, Resources for the Media

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,…

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Admin’s Failure to Protect Endangered Gulf Whale From Big Oil

By 2025, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf of Mexico, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, News Releases, Resources for the Media, Sea Turtles, TIRN
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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