Humpback whale losing 'threatened' status amid Northern Gateway concerns

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

The Canadian government is downgrading the protection of humpback whales off the coast of B.C. under the Species at Risk Act amid fears that the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will turn the whales' habitat into a major oil shipping corridor.

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