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What you need to know about the Rice whale, a rare species in the way of Trump’s plans for more drilling in the Gulf

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Whale in Danger for Trump's Oil

One of the world’s rarest whales lives in just one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the monster to extinction. READ MORE: Trump’s Committee on Endangerment exempts Gulf oil and gas drilling from regulations. Endangered Rice’s whales spend their entire … Read more

Trump’s ‘Team of God’ has chosen to drill for oil over endangered species in the Gulf. This whale may be particularly vulnerable CNN

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on March 26.

Several high-ranking Trump officials who make up the so-called “God team” voted on Tuesday to repeal the old Endangered Species Act in the Gulf of Mexico, freeing up oil and gas drilling. It’s a result that environmentalists fear could spell doom for the critically endangered Rice’s whale, a species found in the Gulf with only … Read more