July 03, 2024
Conservation groups are pushing a D.C. federal judge to order the National Marine Fisheries Service to act on a proposal meant to reduce the number of vessels killing and injuring North Atlantic right whales, saying its inaction is helping push the imperiled species toward extinction.
March 25, 2022
Green groups on Friday told a D.C. federal judge that the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service has unreasonably delayed acting on their petition for stronger protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales with no good excuse.
March 07, 2022
The National Marine Fisheries Service is urging a D.C. federal court to toss environmentalists' claims that it has illegally slow-walked their petition to better protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from large, speeding boats.
February 08, 2022
Environmental groups urged a D.C. federal court to rule in their favor in a lawsuit alleging that the National Marine Fisheries Service has failed for nearly a decade to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from being struck by speeding boats.