Oil Pipeline Expansion Presents A Whale Of A Problem
Kinder Morgan’s plans to expand a pipeline pose major environmental threats — especially to whale populations still reeling from past oil spills and noise pollution.
Navy Expands Sonar Testing Despite Troubling Signs
Despite a fifty-year history of increased whale strandings, the U.S. Navy has plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins. Reported mass strandings of certain whale species have increased worldwide since the military started using sonar half a century ago.
