The Trump administration is looking to eliminate what scientists say is a key protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
FILE - This image provided by NOAA, shows a North Atlantic right whale in the waters off New England, May 25, 2024. PORTLAND – The Trump administration is looking to eliminate what scientists say is a key protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
The administration wants to revoke the 10-knot speed limit for vessels passing through areas where North Atlantic right whales are present.They argue new technology, like satellites and acoustic monitoring, will detect the whales, and that having a speed limit is no longer necessary.FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass, March 28, 2018. “The problem is that none of those new technologies are really ready for primetime, and all of them will help in us detecting right whales, but they don’t mitigate the risk of a boat striking a whale,” Conservation Law Foundation right whale expert Erica Fuller said. Under the current law, vessel speed limits are set up in areas where right whales have been spotted or are most likely to be active.Since 2017, vessel strikes have killed or injured at least 27 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, including mothers and calves.15-year-old girl killed in rollover crash involving nine students from Cyprus High inside A 15-year-old girl was killed in a rollover crash involving nine students from Cyprus High inside one car.According to Roxanne Vainuku with the West Valley CitKristina Lynn Tso, 40, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuseA pothole on northbound I-15 in Salt Lake caused flat tires in several cars.The pothole, located near 1100 South, caused flat tires in "7 to 10" cars late TuesdA Saratoga Springs woman who was reported missing late last week was found dead. Jeusselem Elieth Genese Vitola, 43, and her 57-year-old husband, Alvaro JoseTwo people were hospitalized after a car vs. cow rollover crash near Coalville.The crash happened just after 8 p.m. on Monday, near mile marker 162 on eastbound
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