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Oil tankers threaten endangered orcas, two tribes say in lawsuit

Already-endangered killer whales in the waters west of Seattle face heightened risk from an increased traffic of tankers that will carry oil from Kinder Morgan's $5.4 billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, two Native American organizations claim in a federal lawsuit.

The U.S. Coast Guard failed to ensure the black-and-white whales known as orcas won't be decimated by increased shipping traffic or oil spills as it's required to do under the Endangered Species Act, according to the tribes' complaint filed Tuesday in Seattle.

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/04/26/oil-tankers-threaten-endangered-orcas-two-tribes-say-in-lawsuit/

 

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