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US finds endangered whale threatened by vessel strikes

View of the shore of the Gulf of Mexico in Boca del Rio

Waves crash on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, on Jan. 21.

The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize the existence of the endangered Rice's whale.

The analysis, known as a biological opinion, governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from oil and gas activities in the region, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America.





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