• xyzzy@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    Republican lawmakers in the US are targeting the Marine Mammal Protection Act, a landmark 1972 environmental law credited with saving rare whales from extinction, as conservative leaders seek to remove its key provisions.

    The Act was enacted to protect whales, seals, polar bears, and other sea animals, while also restricting commercial fishermen, shippers, and other marine industries.

    Stop calling them conservative. They don’t conserve anything except their own wealth and power.

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      4 days ago

      Cripes, I can’t get most of them to use an American definition of liberal. It’s like they’re from a different place entirely!