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 ...

A 38-year-old Washington man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two federal misdemeanors after he allegedly threw a large rock ...

Federal prosecutors charged a 38-year-old Washington man today with “taking” an endangered Hawaiian monk seal May 5 by ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972, has prevented the extinction of marine mammal species in U.S. waters. Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the act by restricting scientific data ...

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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 ...

According to the complaint, Lytvynchuk was seen throwing a large rock at the seal’s head, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. He was arrested on May 13 ...