Deafening Atlantic oil prospecting to go ahead despite threat to marine life
by Oliver Milman from on (#18R2N)
The Obama administration is to allow surveying of the seabed using seismic airguns that have been likened to a 'grenade blast' for whales and other creatures
The Obama administration is to press ahead with proposals to allow loud underwater prospecting for oil and gas off the east coast, even though the practice has been likened to being at the "epicenter of a grenade blast" for whales and other marine creatures sensitive to noise.
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