A NOAA photo of a Rice's whale—the species has lost some of its protections in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ... including the Sierra Club, sued the National Marine Fisheries Service in 2020.

In October 2020, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed suit in U.S. District Court in Maryland, challenging the opinion.

A single ruling from a judge appointed by President Joe Biden may end up halting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in December. Judge Deborah Boardman, the Biden-appointed district judge ...

Gulf of Mexico's Rice's whale is a newcomer to Endangered Species Act protections 10-knot ... and imperiled wildlife and Gulf ecosystems are paying the price,” said Sierra Club Senior Attorney ...

The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups challenged the opinion in 2020. Several oil and gas groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, joined ...

The decision drew praise from environmental groups including the Sierra Club and ... Biden's administration last year had sought to scale back an oil and gas auction in the Gulf of Mexico by 6 ...

In 2017, the company became the first entity to try to build an aquaculture operation in the Gulf when it announced plans for Velella Epsilon, a kampachi fish pen to be built about 40 miles west ...