Environmental Groups Appeal Court Order to Remove Protections for Endangered Whale From Gulf Lease Sale
September 23, 2023
September 23, 2023
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Sept. 23 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023:
Today, environmental groups appealed a court order from the Western District of Louisiana granting a preliminary injunction request by the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, Shell, and the State of Louisiana to remove protections for the critically endangered Rice's whale included in Lease Sale 261.
The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Frie . . .
Today, environmental groups appealed a court order from the Western District of Louisiana granting a preliminary injunction request by the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, Shell, and the State of Louisiana to remove protections for the critically endangered Rice's whale included in Lease Sale 261.
The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Frie . . .