A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's approval of a $5 billion deep water drilling project in the Gulf of America. 

Earthjustice, an activist group that represents organizations seeking to stop production of fossil fuels, claimed the project is too risky. The project by British oil company BP will be at greater depths than the company's Deepwater Horizon project, which experienced an accident in 2010 that killed 11 people. 

“The Trump administration has teed up the entire Gulf region for a Deepwater Horizon sequel with its approval of BP’s extremely risky ultra-deepwater drilling project,” Earthjustice senior attorney Brettny Hardy, said in a statement. 

A spokesperson for the Interior Department told The New York Times that the U.S. produces energy far cleaner than other nations, and the project was approved with the highest level of analysis under law. The project will also create jobs and U.S. energy security, the spokesperson said. 

Paul Takahashi, a spokesperson for BP, said the company has learned from the 2010 accident and implemented greater safety standards and oversight.