Groups Seek Order Declaring Federal Defendants’ Offshore Permit Approval Unlawful

( December 16, 2025, 11:27 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Two environmental groups have moved in California federal court seeking summary judgment in their lawsuit against Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and others related to claims that they violated federal law related to a fracking company’s offshore drilling permit.  The environmental groups contend that “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact,” and the groups insist that they “are entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”...