U.S. Navy Implicated in New Mass Stranding of Whales
Yesterday afternoon, while the U.S. and other navies played war games somewhere offshore, Cuvier’s beaked whales began stranding along the southern coast of...
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Lawmakers, NRDC: Protect Marine Mammals from Hearing Damage
For whales, hearing loss is a serious health problem. This is because they use sound for virtually everything they do to survive in the wild—to feed, find...
Obama Opens the East Coast to Seismic Blasting; Drilling to Come
Today the Obama administration released its long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement on oil and gas exploration off the east coast. And not surprisingly, it...
California Sea Otters Targeted in Defense Authorization Bill
The Senate will shortly be considering a provision that would allow the U.S. Navy to injure and kill California sea otters, without complying with the core...
A Seismic Vote in Europe
While the U.S. Congress fiddles, other legislative bodies are managing to get something positive done. Yesterday, in Strasburg, Germany, the European...
Oil and Gas Surveys Harm Shellfish, Too
Marine mammals, fish, crustaceans, octopus and squid. The list of marine species threatened by intense noise pollution continues to expand, not surprisingly...