The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin reports that several White House offices, including Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, are involved in an effort to block rules to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. 

They are only 300 such whales left and the death of one pregnant female could eliminate the entire species.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have found that the whales can be protected if ship speeds are low. But the White House says ship speeds don’t matter. It’s a scientifically dubious position, but perhaps the White House is afraid of coddling the whales. Read Eilperin here.  MB

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