A top United States Department of the Interior official appears to have used his position to delay the protection of the endangered Texas hornshell mussel at the request of oil industry lobbying groups. According to exclusive reporting by the Guardian based on acquired documents, Interior official Vincent deVito seems to have acquiesced to a 2017 e-mail correspondence with the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) asking that the mussel not be placed under protection for six months...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/trump-official-delays-protection-of-endangered-species-at-oil-lobbyists-request
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