All posts tagged "Center For Biological Diversity"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups sued the U.S. government on Wednesday to stop "illegal construction" on a controversial pipeline that would weave through the center of the United States to bring Canadian oil sands crude direct to Texas refineries.

The Interior Department is offering oil and gas leases on 1.8 million acres of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve while promising to protect critical migratory bird and caribou habitat.

UPDATE: A deal reached between BP and four environmental groups suing the company over the burning of endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico will see biologists monitor future oil burns and save as many turtles as they can.