US sued over ‘failure to examine harms’ from delayed offshore oil decommissioning

Reuters

16 July 2024

An environmental group has filed a lawsuit against the United States Government over its approach to examining the harm caused by ageing offshore oil and gas infrastructure, citing the risks delayed decommissioning poses to people and the environment.

The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit against the US Interior Department in federal district court in Washington D.C. for “its ongoing failure to examine the harms from offshore oil and gas drilling infrastructure the oil industry has not decommissioned,” the group said in a press release.

The…

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