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（路透社3月31日电）一个联邦专家小组将于周二召开会议，考虑豁免在墨西哥湾运营的石油和天然气钻井商遵守一项已有数十年历史的濒危物种保护法的义务，该法律旨在保护鲸鱼、鸟类和海龟等濒危物种。
这个濒危物种委员会30多年来首次召开会议，是唐纳德·特朗普政府放松其认为阻碍国内能源生产的监管规定的最新举措。
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这个因有权豁免《濒危物种法》而被称为“上帝小组”的委员会自1978年成立以来仅召开过数次会议。特朗普在去年的一项行政令中要求该委员会至少每季度召开一次会议。
此次由内政部长道格·伯古姆召集的会议将于当地时间上午9:30（格林威治标准时间14:30）起在线直播。
在上周一个环保团体提起的诉讼的法庭文件中，特朗普政府表示，国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟以未公开的国家安全担忧为由，要求召开此次会议。
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《濒危物种法》允许在国防部长认定出于国家安全必要时豁免相关义务，这一条款从未被启用过。
专注于海洋诉讼的环保组织“地球正义”律师史蒂夫·马舒达表示，石油和天然气行业本身从未寻求过此类豁免。
“这在很大程度上是因为没有必要，”马舒达说，“没有证据表明《濒危物种法》在任何方面限制了墨西哥湾的石油和天然气活动。”
石油和天然气行业团体未置评。
近年来，濒危的莱斯氏鲸一直是墨西哥湾石油和天然气勘探诉讼的焦点。去年的一份联邦环境分析报告发现，与石油和天然气钻井相关的船只撞击事件可能威胁到该鲸的生存。
内政部和国防部均未回应置评请求。特朗普此前已下令将国防部更名为战争部，这一变更需要国会采取行动。
作为内政部长，伯古姆是该委员会的常任成员。其他联邦常任成员包括农业部长、陆军部长、经济顾问委员会主席，以及环境保护署和国家海洋和大气管理局的局长。
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US may exempt Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species
2026-03-31 11:06:55 UTC / Reuters
By Reuters
March 31, 2026 11:06 AM UTC Updated 46 mins ago
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum look on, on the day he signs an executive order, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
March 31 (Reuters) – A federal panel will meet on Tuesday to consider exempting oil and gas drillers operating in the Gulf of Mexico from a decades-old law meant to protect endangered species including whales, birds and sea turtles.
The meeting of the Endangered Species Committee for the first time in more than 30 years is the latest effort by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to unwind regulations it says hold back domestic energy production.
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The committee, nicknamed the “God Squad” because it has the power to grant exemptions to the Endangered Species Act, has convened only a handful of times since its creation in 1978. In an executive order last year, Trump ordered the committee to meet at least quarterly.
The meeting, called by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, will be broadcast online starting at 9:30 a.m. local time (1430 GMT).
In court papers filed last week in a lawsuit brought by an environmental group, the administration said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth requested the meeting, citing undisclosed national security concerns.
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The ESA allows for exemptions if the Defense Secretary finds it is needed for national security reasons, a provision that has never been tested.
Steve Mashuda, an attorney with the environmental group Earthjustice who focuses on ocean litigation, said the oil and gas industry itself had never sought an exemption.
“That’s largely because it’s not needed,” Mashuda said. “There’s no evidence that the Endangered Species Act is constraining oil and gas activities in the Gulf in any way.”
Oil and gas industry groups did not comment.
The endangered Rice’s whale has been the subject of litigation over oil and gas exploration in the Gulf in recent years. A federal environmental analysis last year found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling are likely to threaten the whale’s existence.
Neither the Interior Department nor the Defense Department responded to requests for comment. Trump has ordered the Defense Department to rename itself the Department of War, a change that will require action by Congress.
As Interior secretary, Burgum is a permanent member of the panel. Other permanent federal members include the secretaries of Agriculture and the Army, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Reporting by Nichola Groom Editing by Bill Berkrot
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