Legal Opinion
Healthy Gulf v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 23, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2024-2175Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTHY GULF, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:24-cv-02175 (TNM) BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, Defendant, and AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, Intervenor-Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has long regulated emissions from oil and gas production at sea. In 2016, the agency published a Proposed Rule that envisioned overhauling its regulatory program. In 2020, it issued a Final Rule that walked back many of the Proposed Rule’s recommendations. Unsatisfied with the agency’s incremental approach,…
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