Trump Administration’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Conservation

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

In the Western Pacific, protections for endangered leatherback turtles face elimination.

In Alaskan waters, Steller sea lion sanctuaries could soon shrink.

And in the North Atlantic, gear designed to save right whales from fatal entanglements might be permanently scrapped. […]