
Environmental activists sue government to protect whales from ship collisions
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Environmental groups are suing the government to force the finalization of ship speed rules which they say are critical to saving the vanishing North Atlantic right whale.
The environmental groups filed in federal court Tuesday with a request to allow a paused lawsuit about the ship speed rules to go forward. Members of the groups have criticized the federal government for delays in releasing the final rules and said they hope to force a deadline via their lawsuit.
"The federal government has known for years that right whales urgently require expanded vessel strike protections, yet has repeatedly kicked the can down the road," said Jane Davenport, senior attorney at Defenders of Wildlife, one of the groups involved in the lawsuit.
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