Legal action is ramping up against the Trump administration after it made it easier to drill for oil in the eastern Gulf. FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports.
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- Federal committee allows drillers to bypass endangered species protections 11s
- Environmental groups file lawsuit in D.C. district court 54s
- Environmentalists seek minimal measures to protect species like rice's whale 1m 7s
- NOAA says protections for rice's whale already exist 1m 45s
- Timeline for court proceedings is currently unknown 1m 51s