Senate Democrats Pass Extinction Omnibus, Endangering Right Whale
December 24, 2022
December 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022:
The Democratic-controlled Senate passed its massive omnibus funding package today that includes an unprecedented right whale extinction rider. The measure will allow the U.S. lobster fishery to delay for six years essential conservation actions to prevent fishing gear from entangling and killing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The rider was inser . . .
The Democratic-controlled Senate passed its massive omnibus funding package today that includes an unprecedented right whale extinction rider. The measure will allow the U.S. lobster fishery to delay for six years essential conservation actions to prevent fishing gear from entangling and killing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The rider was inser . . .