Trump officials exempt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species act, putting rare whale at risk

Mar 31, 2026 - 23:00
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Trump officials exempt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species act, putting rare whale at risk
A whale in blue water

The Trump administration has exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran.