Lawsuit Launched Against Trump EPA for Approving Fracking Waste Dumping Into Gulf of Mexico

[Sunlei]

Source: EcoWatch

The Center for Biological Diversity filed on Thursday a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for allowing oil companies to dump waste from fracking and drilling into the Gulf of Mexico without evaluating the dangers to sea turtles, whales or other imperiled marine life.

In September the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a Clean Water Act permit for new and existing offshore oil and gas platforms operating in federal waters off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The permit allows oil companies to dump unlimited amounts of waste fluid, including chemicals involved in fracking, into the Gulf of Mexico.

"The Trump administration is letting the oil industry turn our oceans into toxic-waste dumps. The EPA's supposed to protect water quality, not help pollute the Gulf," said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. "It's time for the courts to remind this agency that its mission is to safeguard the environment and public health."

In October the Trump administration announced plans to auction off more than 76 million acres of Gulf of Mexico waters to oil companies. That lease sale, which is scheduled for March 2018, will be the largest oil sale in U.S. history. It includes federal waters off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and could vastly expand drilling and fracking in the Gulf.


Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-waste-gulf-of-mexico-2515883905.html

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Earlier this year the EPA's Region 6 office responded to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Center for Biological Diversity for records analyzing the effects of fracking chemicals on Gulf water quality and marine life. Officials said they didn't have any responsive records, meaning the agency has been allowing the oil industry to dump its fracking wastewater into the Gulf without studying its environmental impacts, as federal law requires

[iluvtennis]

1. It's so sad that Trump/his admin have not one scintilla of care in their beings for the environment

[Matthew28]

2. Trump doesn't give a damn

about the environment. He'd accept pollution like in China as long as the rich get richer. This is reality!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. K & R

[Freethinker65]

4. Goddamn them. This is sick

[Thor_MN]

5. Tell him Filet O Fish come from the Gulf waters

Only way he will care is if his #LowClassSurfAndTurf is affected.

[Ilsa]

8. Yep. The Deep Water Horizon drill site.

BP knows how to screw up an eco system.

[Fred Sanders]

6. AND of course we have no idea what chemicals are used. America is being led by mobsters.

[Kajun Gal]

7. BP already ruined the gulf so let's add some more poison!

People like Trump do not realize that the mouth of the Mississippi River brings them most of their supplies. Tons of seafood shipped up north comes from the gulf. BP ruined a lot of that already with their oil spill. Let's ruin it further. Why not? It's not like the gulf water will ever flow north towards New York's shores. Nah. That could never happen! Bwahahahaha!

[SunSeeker]

9. Thank you CBD! We don't have an EPA anymore, so we need you! nt