Administration sued over Gulf of Mexico fracking data

An environmental group is suing the administration for failing to release documents on fracking operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

{mosads}The lawsuit argues the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management refused to honor the group’s federal public records request.

The Center for Biological Diversity request permits, reports, emails and other documents related to the federal government’s approval of oil and gas fracking operations in the Gulf.

“The public has a right to know where, when and how much fracking the federal government is allowing in the Gulf of Mexico,” said Kristen Monsell, an attorney for the green group.

“Offshore fracking has been shrouded in secrecy in the Gulf, but we know this dangerous activity pollutes our water and air and poses a toxic threat to marine wildlife and fragile ocean ecosystems.”