Environmentalists: Offshore drilling rule changes dangerous

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Scientists estimate the oil killed or seriously hurt “billions, if not trillions” of animals, the lawsuit said. The government declared a fisheries disaster. BP says its costs have topped $60 billion.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in March that the changes would eliminate unnecessary regulation while keeping safety and environmental protection.

“The National […] changes, or to pay enough attention to their environmental effects, according to the suit.

It also said the agency “engaged in covert rulemaking… allegedly relying on information it did not disclose to the public, and adding industry’s requested changes” without putting them up for public comment.

Officials have estimated the Trump administration revisions will save the oil industry over $1.5 billion […] very real implications for workers, the environment and our coastal economy,” said Cynthia Sarthou, executive director of Healthy Gulf, a Gulf of Mexico environmental group. “This administration claims the cost is a ‘burden’ to one of the most profitable industries in the world. That is not a sound justification to roll back these necessary safeguards enacted to prevent another catastrophic blowout like the BP disaster.”

Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press

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