Shell’s US Arctic drilling will harass thousands of whales and seals
Jun 5th, 2015
by John Donovan.


Rose Hackman in New York: Friday 5 June 2015
Royal Dutch Shell’s plans for exploratory drilling in the US Arctic this summer will involve the harassment of whales and seals by the thousands, an application document filed by Shell to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reveals.
Most notably, Shell estimates its Arctic activities will expose more than 2,500 bowhead whales, more than 2,500 gray whales and more than 50,000 ringed seals to continuous sounds and pulsed sounds, deemed damaging enough to constitute harassment.
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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Oil, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Beaufort Sea · Chukchi Sea · Environment · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell · Whales
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