Environmental Groups Sue Feds for Renewal of Offshore Oil and Gas Leases

Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) over the government’s renewals of offshore oil and gas leases for ExxonMobil’s Santa Ynez Unit in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation allege that the regulators fail…