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Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules
The Endangered Species Committee voted to exempt Gulf drilling from protections, citing national security amid Iran war; the Gulf produces 15% of U.S. crude oil, officials said.
- Senior Trump administration officials voted to exempt the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry from endangered species protections, including for whales and turtles.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the exemption was necessary due to ongoing litigation threatening production.
- Hegseth remarked, 'We cannot allow our own rules to weaken our standing and strengthen those who wish to harm us.'
- Brett Hartl from the Center for Biological Diversity criticized the decision, calling it 'horrific' and pledged that environmental groups plan to challenge it in court.
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN. Several senior Trump administration officials who make up the so-called "God Squad" voted Tuesday to overturn long-standing Endangered Species Act regulations in the Gulf of Mexico, exempting all oil and gas drilling from those requirements. Environmentalists fear this outcome could spell extinction for Rice's whale, a critically endangered species found only in the Gulf, of which only about 50 remain. The "God Squad" is a p…
Endangered Species Committee Exempts Gulf Oil and Gas Production in Rare Decision
In a rare meeting of the federal Endangered Species Committee on March 31 over national security concerns, Trump administration cabinet members voted unanimously to grant an exemption to shield oil and gas production in the Gulf of America from the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, who served as committee chair, called the meeting in accordance with a section of the federal law after he received national security fin…
'They're insane': Outrage as Trump admin move threatens rare whale with extinction
President Donald Trump's latest move to appease his administration's corporate donors sparked outrage on social media on Tuesday. The Washington Post reported that the Trump Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Doug Burgum, voted to exempt oil and gas companies from existing rules under the Endangered Species Act when they are drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. A committee nicknamed the "God squad" met for the first time in roughly three de…
Washington, 31 Mar (EFE).- The Committee of Endangered Species of the United States met this Tuesday for the first time in 35 years and unanimously approved to withdraw the limitations on oil and gas explorations in the Gulf of Mexico to protect cetaceans and other threatened species at a time marked by the rise of hydrocarbons resulting from the war against Iran. The committee, which in the United States,
Trump administration exempts oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from Endangered Species Act
Nicknamed the "God Squad" by groups who say it can decide a species' fate, the government's Endangered Species Committee exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.
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