{"id":31833,"date":"2026-04-05T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/rices-whales-predate-modern-humans-now-trump-could-make-them-extinct-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:01:00","slug":"rices-whales-predate-modern-humans-now-trump-could-make-them-extinct-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/rices-whales-predate-modern-humans-now-trump-could-make-them-extinct-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice\u2019s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPTVRqY1RXOXhQZlhTaExvUWE2enFfaTg5Z2otT2JzRlBjMHhIMUVUN3FuTVBMMk5GWlpJUWtQcXdveWF3WjRQc2h2LUdXcnhydW9iMkFTZHpPVW9NRUNjdUZ0U0JaZ2JxYUQtQlRpSG8xM0hMbnhCQ0JQZktVT2laTVBVd01Obm11X1RycllhenNyazR4OURF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rice\u2019s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBFYnRQT01ZcVJzMDBiOThheU42ZVdBc0FNZ05Zb1Vxbm52djZTN3ZPb0hTMnBYRFVpQnpzNnZGcnZ0WmMyajlPd2xsY21zRGtVRDhmNWtiY3dQQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;God squad&#8217; waives animal protections to expand oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQb3BKcHZJc2JQSEV5MnhNallZaG1VaDM1WldTalZjX0lxQlhKUGRHdFBseEMxb2hSUzZQZzF0cHJSUG01cnNSbjBJdVZ5N25Qdk53NXJwcmQ2WWtOaUZ2ZEhHZWgyQ2k0QnZoR3hxaDI0MG9BMVlCOFc3dkl1dnpkd3NTcXl1MXZ4M3YxSUFrNkM4RUNp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for \u2018national security\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPbnFId2dXXzNCalBvcC0tOHVaVW9DWHBidjFjZW1DZE5FZEVBR3Awdmg3dXhzX003VG1ocWJkemJSRW9vNkVQSGNSdllwVEUtX3V0ZnY4WXFvUk8xNXVnQk4ySUpXejVrc0RsaGZPeWh5VFZhYjE3akJGTEpSWld1cQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s \u2018God Squad\u2019 chose oil drilling over endangered species in the Gulf. This whale could be in particular danger<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxONjJHRUhRZjFUVi1sRDFJZGE4YnRDUTJrZ1hseWZwaEFqczcxYzBvQ0hOSGl6elJpSTlrTGwtcVBQR3YtVEtPM1dNWDBmNlhtSXZsYkpXSFRncUZVMzFaWFZFcEFHRVEtUWpkeTJhYzRTZFU3LWl6TWd6OVhCalBiVzZCVks5akp1dXlJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Trump\u2019s \u2018God Squad\u2019 Is Not Like the God Squads Before It<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">insideclimatenews.org<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice\u2019s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian &#8216;God squad&#8217; waives animal protections to expand oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/rices-whales-predate-modern-humans-now-trump-could-make-them-extinct-the-guardian\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}