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Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

The Endangered Species Committee, known as the God Squad, issued a rare exemption from compliance with the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Wyatt Myskow

A seagull takes flight near the construction of a Shell oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2022. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
A construction crew works on Shell’s Vito platform at the Kiewit Offshore Services complex on April 6, 2022, in Ingleside, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

In Huntington Beach, California, a bird perches on a contamination containment boom in October 2021 as workers cleanup the Talbert Marsh after a spill off the coast of Huntington Beach threatens wildlife. Credit: Mindy Schauer/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition

By Keerti Gopal

More than 90 species of reef fish, including the commercially important southern red snapper, depend on the Great Amazon Reef System, where they feed and shelter in its crevices and caves. Credit: Greenpeace Brazil

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

An oil platform looms in the distance off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help

By Blanca Begert

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during a session of the Group of Seven (G7) Summit on June 17 in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. Credit: Teresa Suarez/AFP via Getty Images

Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling

By Bob Berwyn

A BP cleanup crew shovels oil from a beach on May 24, 2010 at Port Fourchon, La. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Fifteen Years After Largest U.S. Offshore Oil Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs

By Carrie Klein

An offshore oil drilling rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

US District Court Throws Out Federal Agency’s Assessment Allowing More Drilling for Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Mexico

By Aman Azhar

Native Americans, farmers and ranchers gather in front of the U.S. Capitol as the Cowboy and Indian Alliance protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on April 22, 2014. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Should Companies Get Paid When Governments Phase Out Fossil Fuels? They Already Are

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz

An off-shore oil platform off the coast in Huntington Beach on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Biden Administration Opens New Public Lands and Waters to Fossil Fuel Drilling, Disappointing Environmentalists

By Nicholas Kusnetz

BP's Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, July 2010/Credit: U.S. C

Why BP and Chevron Are Riskier Bets for Oil Investors

By Jason Plautz

Florida's 3-Way Race for Key Senate Seat Could Hinge on Drilling

By Elizabeth McGowan

Oil Spill Officials Try to Blunt Fears of All-Out Ecological Disaster

By Stacy Feldman

Will the Oil Reach Washington? The Spill's Political Effects

By Dave Levitan

Sen. Landrieu's Plan Would Export Louisiana's Coastal Destruction to Florida

By Sue Sturgis

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