Maine Senator Blocks NOAA Nominee Confirmation in Protest of Right Whale Rule Changes
Maine Senator Susan Collins rejected a unanimous consent request to confirm a top NOAA official, blocking Jainey Kumar Bavishi to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
The move is in response to the agency’s refusal to modify its Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) and regulations that have been put in place on the state’s lobster industry, which aim to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale species, per a release from Collins’ office...
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