Energy and Environment

Trump sued over offshore energy order

By John Siciliano
Published May 3, 2017 8:41pm ET
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Trump sued over offshore energy order
The groups argue Obama used his authority to ban drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic permanently, and Trump does not have the authority to reverse it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Environmental groups issued the first legal challenge Wednesday to President Trump’s most recent executive order to expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

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