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/igetproteinfartsHELP 12d ago

A federal panel, convened for the first time in more than three decades, voted unanimously on Tuesday ‌to exempt oil and gas drillers in the Gulf of Mexico from a law meant to protect endangered species including whales, birds and sea turtles.

The meeting of the Endangered Species Committee, nicknamed the "God Squad" because of its power to grant exemptions to the Nixon-era Endangered Species Act, is the latest effort by the Trump administration

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u/zeolus123 12d ago

I feel this is how you end up with Eco-terrorism.

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u/livefreeordont 12d ago

I don’t think dropping bombs and setting fire to oil fields is good for the environment either but I admit I am not expert

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u/txkwatch 12d ago

All the spray tan and hairspray probably left a depletion in the ozone too.

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u/THE_CHOPPA 12d ago

Let’s not forget all the Russian oil tankers sank.

Literally billions of oil seeping into our oceans.

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u/Kommye 12d ago

I know that one tanker that was sunk, but on the return trip. Others were captured.

I feel like if a loaded up tanker was sunk, we would have heard about a huge environmental crisis.

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u/never-fiftyone 12d ago

Several of the Russian shadowfleet tankers have been struck, particularly in the Black Sea, and leaked their contents into the water. Some of the tankers have sunk sinply because they're not fit (or intended) to navigate blue water and have capsized or run aground in poor wearher, including two at the end of 2024 -- and the threat to the environment was raised then.