{"id":32482,"date":"2025-01-17T04:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/saving-americas-whales-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T04:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:43:14","slug":"saving-americas-whales-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=32482","title":{"rendered":"Saving America\u2019s Whales on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>Whale Conservation on Capitol Hill<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Animal Welfare Institute, Endangered Species Coalition, Environmental Investigation Agency, and Oceana partnered to host a congressional briefing and to lobby on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The congressional briefing titled, \u201cCoast to Coast Strategies for Saving America\u2019s Whales and Marine Life: Addressing Climate Change Impacts\u201d with Dr. Heidi Pearson and Dr. Erin Meyer-Gutbrod was held in coordination with the House Sustainable Energy and Environmental Coalition\u2019s Nature and Oceans Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing and subsequent discussions with Senators\u2019 and House Representatives\u2019 offices from coast to coast aimed to bring awareness to recovery goals and benefits for large whale populations and the protections necessary to aid them in their recovery. Whale conservation is a bipartisan issue; therefore, it will require bipartisan solutions and support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For North Atlantic right whales, protecting bedrock environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act is crucial to bring their species back from the brink of extinction. \u201cSupporting current robust legislation like the EPA and MMPA, seminal pieces of legislation that are working, should stay intact and still receive continued full support,\u201d said Dr. Heidi Pearson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whale Conservation on Capitol Hill Last week, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Animal Welfare Institute, Endangered Species Coalition, Environmental Investigation Agency, and Oceana partnered to host a congressional briefing and to lobby on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. 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