What will the trump infrastructure plan do to protected wildlife ~ Defenders of Wildlife


Bison (c) Bryant Aardema

INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN:
A THREAT TO WILDLIFE

President Trump’s infrastructure plan would exempt developers from environmental laws and protections – including the Endangered Species Act. But we don’t have to choose between improving our nation’s infrastructure or protecting our air, land, water and wildlife. 
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Right Whale (c) NOAA FLorida Fish & Wildlife

SUING TO SAVE
RIGHT WHALES

Defenders is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to fulfill its responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protect Act to protect North Atlantic right whales from deadly entanglements in fishing gear. Learn more >>

Southern Resident Orca (c) Katie Jones

TRUMP’S PLAN TO OPEN
OUR OCEANS TO OIL

President Trump’s 5-year plan to open roughly 90 percent of our oceans to offshore oil and gas drilling would be disastrous for wildlife. Nearly all aspects of drilling are harmful to marine wildlife and an oil spill could be catastrophic.
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