California Ships Slow Down to Protect Whales
Nature World: As part of a program being launched in California this summer, cargo ships are slowing down in hopes of protecting endangered whales from fatal collisions and reducing air pollution.
The speed reduction program, sponsored by federal wildlife officials, environmentalists and air quality regulators, will pay shipping companies to slow down as they travel through the Santa Barbara Channel to both reduce emissions and avoid colliding with blue whales that migrate through the area.
“Few people realize…
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