For more than 50 years, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) has served as the cornerstone of marine mammal conservation ...

WASHINGTON, DC, October 11, 2025 (ENS) – On July 8, Congressman Nick Begich III, an Alaska Republican, introduced a draft bill amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act, MMPA, the federal law that has ...

Washington, DC—Today, a coalition of more than 20 animal and environmental protection organizations gathered alongside scientists, agency officials, and legislators to celebrate the 50th anniversary ...

Fifty-four years ago, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was signed into law by none other than the President Richard M. Nixon administration in order to give salvation to our blubbery waterborn ...

Congressman Nick Begich, a Republican representative from Alaska, introduced a bill in July 2025 that'll drastically weaken the fifty year old Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Marine Mammal ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Famous wildlife biologist and TV host Jeff Corwin was on Capitol Hill this week to fight changes lawmakers are considering to the ‘Marine Mammals Protection Act.’ “Time tested ...

A landmark law passed more than 50 years ago to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals in U.S. waters could be upended by amendments proposed on July 22 during a legislative hearing of the ...

Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they now ...

Living in a Southern California beach community with our climate — the surf, sand and sun — shapes who we are. Like many Angelenos, I find comfort near the ocean; it has a soothing regenerative ...

Tyler Muehl admitted to kicking a sea lion in La Jolla while referring to himself as UFC fighter Max Holloway. He faces up to a year in prison.

Tyler Muehl, 18, admitted to repeatedly kicking the sea lion and chasing it as the animal tried to flee at La Jolla Cove ...

October 11, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on Republicans Seek to Weaken U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act WASHINGTON, DC, October 11, 2025 (ENS) – On July 8, Congressman Nick Begich III, an Alaska ...