Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said exempting oil drilling was a matter of national security.
The decision was met with strong condemnation from environmental groups who said it will likely drive the Rice's Whale to extinction. The whale is only known to live in the Gulf of Mexico, and its population dropped by more than 20% to only a few following the Deepwater Horizon spill, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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