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"Greens Sue Trump Over Walrus Protections"

"An environmental group sued the Trump administration over its decision not to institute federal protections for the Pacific walrus species.

In the lawsuit filed Thursday, the Center for Biological Diversity argues that the Interior Department’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) ignored the threat to the walrus species from climate change.

The FWS said in 2011 that the Pacific walrus warranted protection as a threatened species, since the sea ice it needs will continue to melt. But the Trump administration said in October that the species has other ways to survive."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill March 8, 2018.

Source: The Hill, 03/09/2018