Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico Is Endangering One of the World's Rarest Whales

Accusate that species protected under the Endangered Species Act are highly vulnerable to oil activities

Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is endangering one of the world's rarest whales

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to adequately protect endangered marine animals — including one of the world’s rarest whales — from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. The filing Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Maryland came on the heels of the Trump administration’s publication of a long-awaited environmental assessment this week. With their service vess…

World’s Most Endangered Whale At Risk From Gulf Oil Operations, Says Study

The NMFS has proposed new rules requiring vessels in the area to reduce their speed and maintain a distance of at least 500 meters from any Rice’s whale sightings.

Earthjustice reported that it filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, under the argument of safeguarding different alien species from drilling and exploration of fossil fuels in the Gulf of Mexico.

Miami (EFE).- Four environmental organizations this Wednesday sued President Donald Trump's government in the United States to denounce the danger of rice rorcual whales and parrot turtles, endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, for the authorization of the Administration to extract oil and gas. Earthjustice presented the lawsuit on behalf of the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and the Turtle Island Restoration Net…

The Gulf of Mexico hosts Rice's rorcual, a species with fewer than 100 remaining specimens, as well as being home to five of the seven species of sea turtles in the world: baboon turtles, lute turtles, carey turtles, parrot turtles and green turtles.