Conservation Groups Continue Bid to Lift Stay in Right Whale Vessel Speed Rule Case
March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:
Conservation groups returned to federal district court Friday to further efforts to obtain a deadline for Biden administration action on a 2022 proposed expanded vessel speed rule vital to protecting a species in crisis. A reply brief filed Friday points to the deaths of two young, critically endangered right whales from vessel strikes in the last month, emphasizing the immediate need to lift a stay . . .
Conservation groups returned to federal district court Friday to further efforts to obtain a deadline for Biden administration action on a 2022 proposed expanded vessel speed rule vital to protecting a species in crisis. A reply brief filed Friday points to the deaths of two young, critically endangered right whales from vessel strikes in the last month, emphasizing the immediate need to lift a stay . . .