Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline, in what appeared to be the first legal challenges to the Republicans’ efforts to boost fossil fuel production.

Several climate advocacy groups claim that the US President's undoing of marine protections is illegal. View on euronews

The suit, filed in Alaska, is likely to be the first of many challenging the administration’s goal of expanding fossil fuel production.

Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration. Both focus on the Trump administration’s moves to open up more of US waters to oil and gas drilling, which the plaintiffs say are illegal.

Two conservation coalitions are asking a federal court to keep protections ordered by former President Joe Biden.

US conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the administration of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, claiming the administration violated the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by issuing an

Joining the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, legal action has been taken to top the president from opening up more coastal waters to drilling.

The groups say the president does not have the authority to revoke an earlier president's ocean protections under federal law.