U.S. panel votes to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from Endangered Species Act - The Washington Post
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TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to abcnews.com, things to know about Rice's whale, rare species in way of Trump plans for more Gulf drilling One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the giant mammal to extinction.
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