PORTLAND PRESS HERALD – The federal government plans to invest $82 million over the next three years to develop new technology and methods to rescue the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from extinction.
On Monday, the Biden administration characterized the funding as a “once-in-a lifetime opportunity” to protect the right whale, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 350 individuals, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. The money comes from climate and infrastructure funding in the Inflation Reduction Act…