Center for Biological Diversity Press ReleasesJanuary 9, 2013 – Appeals Court: Lower Court Wrongly Dismissed Claim Seeking Public Disclosure of BP Oil-spill Contaminants December 13, 2011 – New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster July 6, 2011 – Court Finds Fisheries Agency Violated Law, Must Take New Action to Protect Threatened Sea Turtles After Gulf Oil Spill June 9, 2011 – Government Approval of New Deepwater Oil Drilling Ignores Gulf Disaster May 31, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Sea Turtles From Drowning in Shrimp Trawls May 27, 2011 – Feds Deny Endangered Species Act Protection for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna May 25, 2011 – Lawsuit Challenges Delay in Protecting Vanishing Bluefin Tuna May 5, 2011 – U.S. House of Representatives Approves Dangerous Measure Expanding Offshore Drilling April 20, 2011 – One Year After Gulf Disaster: Reforms Left Unaddressed, New Offshore Drilling Must Be Halted April 18, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Force EPA to Study Oil-dispersant Impacts on Endangered Wildlife April 14, 2011 – One Year After Gulf Oil Disaster, Significant Dangers Remain Unaddressed April 12, 2011 – A Year After Gulf Oil Spill, New Report Tallies Full Cost of Wildlife Disaster February 10, 2011 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Whales From Gulf of Mexico Oil Exploration January 11, 2011 – Oil Spill Commission Releases Safety Recommendations December 15, 2010 – Federal Government Files Clean Water Act Lawsuit Against BP October 23, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks Renewed Moratorium on Deepwater Oil Drilling, Demands Environmental Review October 20, 2010 – Six Months After Disastrous Gulf Oil Spill, Wildlife Still Suffering, Dangers of Offshore Drilling Ignored October 18, 2010 – Study: Oil Spill Devastating for Bluefin Tuna Imperiled by Overfishing October 12, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Lifting of Drilling Moratorium October 6, 2010 – Reports Raise Troubling Concerns About Government's Response to Oil Spill October 4, 2010 – Former BP Boss Tony Hayward Wins 2010 Rubber Dodo Award September 15, 2010 – Order to Plug 3,500 Abandoned Wells Is a Good First Step in Cleaning up Mess of Offshore Operations in Gulf September 16, 2010 – Tuna Imperiled by Overfishing, Oil Spill Clears First Hurdle to Endangered Species Act Protection September 14, 2010 – Lawsuit Launched to Save Tuna Imperiled by Overfishing, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill September 8, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on BP's Internal Report on Deepwater Horizon Disaster September 3, 2010 – Offshore Wells Connected With Exploded Platform in Gulf of Mexico Approved Without Environmental Review September 2, 2010 – Latest Gulf of Mexico Explosion Illustrates Dangers of Offshore Drilling Operations September 2, 2010 – Latest Gulf of Mexico Explosion Again Illustrates Danger of Offshore Drilling, Urgent Need for Moratorium on All Operations August 20, 2010 – Gulf of Mexico Still in Crisis Four Months After BP Explosion: Center for Biological Diversity Tour Finds Oiled Beaches, Water and Wildlife August 16, 2010 – Offshore Oil Drilling Reforms Are Positive Step, But Big Questions Remain August 10, 2010 – Court Decision Means Federal Cases Against BP Will Be Heard in Gulf Courtrooms August 4, 2010 – Statement of Center for Biological Diversity's Executive Director Kierán Suckling on Government Estimates of Remaining Oil in the Gulf of Mexico July 27, 2010 – Obama Cancels Offshore Oil Lease Sales in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico July 26, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Gulf's Whales and Turtles July 14, 2010 – Greater Protection Sought for Sea Turtles Imperiled by BP's Oil Spill July 12, 2010 – Salazar's New Moratorium A Good Start For Protecting People, Environment But Ignores Ongoing Dangers of Shallow-water Drilling July 12, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks Release of Interior Secretary Salazar's Communications With Oil Industry About Drilling July 2, 2010 – Agreement Reached in Gulf to Prevent Sea Turtle Burning Deaths June 30, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Administration Accountable for Marine Mammal Harm in Gulf June 30, 2010 – Restraining Order Sought to Stop BP From Burning Turtles June 29, 2010 – Lawsuit Launched to Force BP and Coast Guard to Protect Turtles From Burning Alive June 28, 2010 – More than 150,000 Call on BP and Federal Officials to Stop Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive June 24, 2010 – Petition Filed to Increase Protection of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Devastated by Rushed Oil-drilling Permits June 22, 2010 – Federal Judge Lifts Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Moratorium, Giving Green Light to More Risky Drilling June 18, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks $19 Billion in Clean Water Act Penalties From BPs June 15, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on President Obama's Oval Office Speech June 14, 2010 – Babbitt Blasts Interior's MMS Reform Plan as Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic June 8, 2010 – Salazar Declares Shallow Water Drilling "Safe," Lifts Drilling Moratorium, Conceals Shallow Water Oil Spill Currently Fouling Gulf June 3, 2010 – Confusion Continues to Plague Interior Department Drilling Rules June 3, 2010 – BP Faces Lawsuit for Polluting Gulf Waters: Citizen Suit Steps in to Hold BP Accountable June 2, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks Full Disclosure of Dispersant Impacts on Wildlife May 31, 2010 – Interior Formalizes Oil-drilling moratorium May 27, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Response to President Obama's Gulf Disaster Speech May 27, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop 49 Dangerous Gulf of Mexico Drilling Projects May 27, 2010 – Interior to Suspend Shell Oil Drilling Permits in Alaska May 26, 2010 – Controversial Salazar "Moratorium" on Gulf Drilling Was Only Verbal May 25, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Response to Inspector General's Investigative Report on Minerals Management Service Corruption May 24, 2010 – Endangered Status Sought for Bluefin Tuna May 21, 2010 – Center Calls for Firing of MMS Alaska Director John Goll May 19, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Response to Secretary Salazar's Splitting of Minerals Management Service May 18, 2010 – Lawsuit Filed to Stop Department of Interior From Continuing to Issue New Offshore Drilling Permits With No Environmental Review May 14, 2010 – Lawsuit to Challenge Salazar's Wholesale Disregard of Marine Mammal Protection Laws in Gulf of Mexico May 13, 2010 – Despite Court's Decision, Groups Vow to Continue to Fight Shell's Arctic Drilling May 10, 2010 – Ignoring Gulf Catastrophe, Graham Calls for More Offshore Oil Drilling May 7, 2010 – MMS approved 27 Gulf drilling operations after BP disaster May 6, 2010 – Embattled Salazar announces three-week halt to new drilling permits May 6, 2010 – Reeling from DOI oil spill controversy, Obama pulls back from offshore oil lease sale in the Atlantic May 5, 2010 – Interior Department exempted BP Drilling from environmental review May 5, 2010 – Lawsuit launched to protect polar bears from Interior Secretary Salazar's arctic offshore drilling plan May 5, 2010 – Center announces challenge to AK drilling to save endangered species May 4, 2010 – As Gulf of Mexico spill worsens, groups challenge Shell's air permits to drill in the Arctic May 1, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity calls for moratorium on offshore oil leasing, exploration and development
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