What did Donald Trump claim about climate and energy on 8 Jul 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And interestingly, in New England, you probably read where for 50 years they had two whales washed up, 50 years. And last summer, they had 14 washed up.
Far more than two. Since 2016, NOAA has counted 78 humpback whales first seen dead near Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and that is just one species.
NOAA's 2016-2025 humpback whale Unusual Mortality Event table counts humpback whales first observed dead near Maine (10, 7 of them in state waters), New Hampshire (1), Massachusetts (54, 28 of them in state waters) and Rhode Island (13, 10 of them in state waters). That covers one species, starting in 2016 (NOAA Fisheries).
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- Remarks at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Washington, D.C.
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