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PORTLAND, Maine AP 鈥?The fading North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the species requires a series of protective steps to stave off extinction, federal authorities said Tuesday.The whales number only about 340 and they have聽declined in population in recent years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a review of the whale status on Tuesday that said the whale is continuing to decline and has not met many of the recovery criteria outlined in its recovery plan.Protection of the whale is a source of dispute between conservationists and commercial fishermen because one of the top threats to the animals is entanglement in fishing gear. NOAA performed a required five-year review of the whale status that said the animal is continuing to decline because of the threats of fishing gear, collisions with ships and other stressors.READ MORE: Court reinst stanley cup ates ban on lobster fishing near Maine to save whales There is also uncertainty regar stanley cup ding the effect of long-term sublethal entanglements, emerging environmental stressor stanley cup s including climate change, and the compounding effects of multiple continuous stressors that may be limiting North Atlantic right whale calving and recovery, the agency said in its report.NOAA also released recommended actions to try to stabilize the whale population. The actions include partnering with the Canadian government to reduce collisions and entanglements. The w Pkns WATCH: Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam Army medic
NEW YORK AP 鈥?At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe was faced with a pump price she didn ;t want to pay. She bought groceries from the convenience store instead, planning to buy cheaper gas elsewhere.The price is so high, adidas samba people have to think very hard about where they ;re driving to, said Stowe, who had just been volunteering at a food pantry. People are in trouble, and that the truth.WATCH: Why gas prices stanley cup are so much higher in California and how the state is reactingThough drivers in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere are getting a break from the sky-high gasoline prices they endured over the summer, the cost is still difficult for many who have been struggling with relentless inflation. The U.S. average was $3.19 per gallon, down from a record $5 in June, while European Union pump prices have dropped the equivalent of 55 cents, to $6.41 per gallon, since October.Drivers now hope the situation doesn ;t get worse after a series of cutbacks tied to Russi af1 a war in Ukraine, accidents and the slowing global economy have strained the world oil supply. While oil and gasoline prices have dropped despite a recent supply crunch, those threats could end up pushing costs higher this winter.What the world facing An EU ban on imports of most Russian oil took effect last week.At the same time, the Group of Seven leading democracies and 27-nation EU capped the price of Russian cr