The Marine Mammal Protection Act, which celebrated 50 years in 2023, has safeguarded species from extinction. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management honors this legacy by prioritizing marine mammal ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Trump’s ...

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 ...

New Jersey’s marine mammals are in the crosshairs. Already struggling under multiple assaults, they are facing another blow. Recent federal budget cuts and rule changes promise to dismantle critical ...

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 ...