http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/10329/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/blue-whale-black-oil-and-race-gulf/31182 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/bluewhalewithcalf.jpg" alt="" title="Blue whale with calf. Environmentalists fear that oil exploration in the Gulf of St.Lawrence will threaten the survival of this endangered species. " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>The world&#39;s largest animal is also one of its most vulnerable.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/blue-whale-black-oil-and-race-gulf/31182" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/blue-whale-black-oil-and-race-gulf/31182#comments Zack Metcalfe Environnement blue whale CNLOPB Gulf of St.Lawrence Offshore Drilling offshore oil exploration oil seismic testing Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:47:42 +0000 Robert DeVet 31182 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Marine biologists raise alarm about Nova Scotia&#039;s latest call for bids </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/bottlenose-whale-photo-unknown.jpg" alt="" title="The endangered bottlenose whale is a year-round resident of the Sable Gully, a Marine Protected area. A cal for bids for oil and gas exploration adjacent to the Gully has marine biologists worried. Photo H. Moors" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/gully-map.gif" alt="" title="The Sable Gully has been a marine protected area for ten years. This large and deep submarine valley or canyon sustains a wide variety of marine wildlife. Map DFO" width="247" height="170" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX -&nbsp;Scientists fear that a recently issued <a href="http://www.callforbids.ca/" rel="nofollow">call for bids</a> for offshore oil and gas exploration is too clo</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB Lindy Weilgart MPA Nova Scotia Offshore Drilling Oil Spill Sable Gully seismic testing Shell Tonya Wimmer WWF Mon, 19 May 2014 14:10:56 +0000 Robert DeVet 30713 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-seismic-testing-puts-wildlife-risk-biolog/19939 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Are blasting airguns jeopardizing Atlantic Ocean&#039;s ecosystem? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/800px-beaked_whale.jpg" alt="" title="Beaked Whales spend 98% of their time below the surface and are unlkely to be spotted by observers on board of the seismic testing vessels, biologist Lindy Weilgart tells the Halifax Media Co-op. Photo WikiCommons." width="450" height="285" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/lindy.jpg" alt="" title="Biologist Lindy Weilgart believes more can be done to protect marine wildlife from seismic testing off the coast of Nova Scotia. Photo Dalhousie University" width="427" height="827" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Nova Scotia&#39;s offshore oil and gas production is on the upswing.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-seismic-testing-puts-wildlife-risk-biolog/19939" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-seismic-testing-puts-wildlife-risk-biolog/19939#comments Robert Devet Environnement Atlantic Ocean gas and oil pipelines Nova Scotia seismic testing Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:06:06 +0000 Robert DeVet 19939 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca