Suit by Environmental Groups over Fed. Govt.'s Role in the Gulf Oil Spill

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups filed suit against the Secretary of the Interior alleging that the federal government illegally allowed BP to drill in over 5,000 feet of water without analyzing blow-out and worst-case oil spill analysis.  The plaintiffs claim that this exemption contributed to the Gulf Oil Spill. Suit by Environmental Groups over Fed. Govt.'s Role in the Gulf Oil Spill