( April 7, 2026, 10:32 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit in District of Columbia federal court against the Endangered Species Committee (ESC), known as the “God Squad,” alleging that its decision to exempt all oil and gas production activities in the Gulf of Mexico from complying with the Endangered Species Act was “founded entirely on an arbitrary National Security Finding” that was issued by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth....