Archive for November 22nd, 2008
US Court Blocks Oil-Drilling Program for Arctic
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, November 22nd, 2008 - under News.
Comments: 4
The U.S. Minerals Management Service did not properly consider the risks of oil spills, disturbance to migrating whales, disruptions to the traditional hunting lifestyle of Inupiat Eskimos and other potential harms from Shell’s program to drill. Read more here.
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Inuit to Cull 200 Stranded Whales
Posted by jennifer, November 22nd, 2008 - under News.
Tags: Whales
Comments: 15
LAST Sunday Inuit from Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic, discovered about 200 whales trapped in ice near Pond Inlet. In the Arctic open water is starting to freeze-over with the onset of winter.
Yesterday the Inuit started culling the whales, known as Narwhal, apparently on the advice of their elders and in the belief that otherwise the [...]

