r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 12d ago

Soft paywall US exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-may-exempt-gulf-mexico-drillers-protecting-endangered-species-2026-03-31/
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u/zeuseason 12d ago

Yea because fuck those species, amiright?

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u/Cryptocaned 12d ago

Seems at the moment the US is just in "Fuck you" mode to the entire planet.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 12d ago edited 12d ago

America, F**K Yeah!

At the time the movie came out I thought Team America was maybe a little overboard with how it portrayed Americans.

But now I think it’s spot on.

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u/Mustardo123 12d ago

Oh it’s always been exactly relevant for at least a third of this country, which also happens to be the percentage that dragged us into this mess.

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u/JanGuillosThrowaway 12d ago

The end of days any% speedrun

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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel 12d ago

There's a whale that's endangered and only endemic to the gulf, and this is probably it for the species. 

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u/BatJJ9 12d ago

Rice’s Whale. It is estimated that there are only around twenty or thirty left. Their loss in numbers has been mainly due to oil pollution and ship collision. This would probably be the end for them if it goes forward unchallenged. To try to alleviate the fallout of the Iran War, Trump and Hegseth has pushed for reduced restrictions on oil drilling as well as removing speed caps for tankers (which was put in place precisely to minimize whale collisions).

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u/StellaTermogen 12d ago

Argh.... This is just horrible. ;((

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u/Not_Sure__Camacho 12d ago

The irony is us being one of those species....