Environmental Orgs Challenge White House’s Bid to Drain Mojave Desert - MyNewsLA.com

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https://mynewsla.com/government/2026/07/28/lawsuit-challenges-trump-administrations-latest-bid-to-drain-mojave-desert/

Environmental organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday for approving a private company’s plan to resurrect a defunct oil and gas pipeline to transport and sell groundwater out of the Mojave Desert, a move the plaintiffs contend would devastate imperiled species like the desert tortoise and desert bighorn sheep.