The lawsuit is the latest effort to block the decision by a quorum of Trump allies to lift Endangered Species Act protections for a whale species with less than 100 individuals remaining.
WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday challenging the Interior Department’s Endangered Species Committee for lifting restrictions on oil and gas tanker movement in the Gulf of Mexico, a move the coalition warns will drive a critically endangered whale to extinction.
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