Challenging Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations

Earthjustice describes a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California to challenge the Trump administration's rollbacks of the 2016 Well Control and Blowout Preventer Rule, which was established following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout.

• The lawsuit seeks to restore safety protections established after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout, an event that caused the death of 11 men and released more than 130 million gallons of toxic crude into the Gulf, impacting wildlife and the tourism and seafood industries of the Gulf states.
• Environmental groups are challenging the Trump administration's rollbacks of the 2016 Well Control and Blowout Preventer Rule. The specific rollbacks being challenged include the reduction of performance requirements for blowout preventers, the removal of independent safety equipment inspectors, the application of outdated blowout preventer standards to existing rigs, and the reduction of inspection and testing standards for safety equipment.

APA

Earthjustice (2021). Challenging Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations. https://earthjustice.org/case/challenging-rollbacks-of-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations

Chicago

Earthjustice. Challenging Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations. 2021. https://earthjustice.org/case/challenging-rollbacks-of-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Earthjustice |title=Challenging Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations |date=15 April 2021 |url=https://earthjustice.org/case/challenging-rollbacks-of-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{earthjustice2021challenging, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Challenging Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://earthjustice.org/case/challenging-rollbacks-of-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }