Environmental groups file lawsuit to challenge decision to open 73m acres of Gulf of Mexico for oil leasing

US environmental groups this week filed a legal challenge in federal court to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) lease sale 259 that would offer 73.3m acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing. The sale is scheduled for March 28, 2023. Earthjustice, Sierra Club, the Natural Resources...

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