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May 28, 2024

Conservationists pressure Maine U.S. Rep. on right whales

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The North Atlantic right whale #3230 ‘Infinity’ and calf when they were first sighted off Amelia Island, Fla., Jan. 17, 2021. Infinity is 19 years old and this was her first calf. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/ NOAA permit #20556

Environmentalists say Chellie Pingree’s defense of the Maine lobster industry could imperil a critically endangered whale. Doing what greens want would likely send the Democrat to political extinction.

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