UNESCO Lists Canada’s Red Bay Basque Whaling Station as World Heritage Site
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The 37th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) on Saturday inscribed Canada’s Red Bay Basque Whaling Station on the World Heritage List, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in Canada to 17.
Francisco Javier Gutierrez, Vice-Chair of the 37th session, in the name of the 21-member committee, expressed congratulations to Canada on the inscription of the property on the UNESCO’s prestigious list …
CRIENGLISH.com – 2013-06-22 21:34
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Singapore pledges to pursue companies behind smog
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Singapore said on Saturday that it would pursue local firms found to be involved in starting forest fires in Indonesia, as Greenpeace said the blazes were on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies …
Yahoo!7 News – Updated June 22, 2013, 9:25 pm
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Gulf of Mexico Whales and Dolphins Now Protected from High-intensity Airgun Surveys
Staff infoZine
Environmental Coalition Reaches Legal Settlement With Feds, Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON — A coalition of conservation groups (the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Gulf Restoration Network, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club) today announced a major settlement agreement with the Department of the Interior and oil and gas industry representatives, to protect whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico from high-intensity airgun surveys …
Kansas City infoZine – Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Police prevents PETA protest against Corporation’s plan to open shelters for street dogs
Pratiksha Ramkumar, TNN
CHENNAI: Police prevented volunteers of People for Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA) from staging a protest at Marina beach against Chennai Corporation’s move to set up 15 shelters for street dogs. Permission granted for the protest meeting was withdrawn on Friday night, according to volunteers of the organization …
Times of India – Jun 22, 2013, 03.53 PM IST
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Controversy as Iceland resumes fin whale hunt
Iceland is set to spark controversy after it resumed its commercial whale hunt.
On Monday, the Icelandic media reported that two fishing vessels left Icelandic shores en route to catch the country’s seasonal quota of 154 whales.
An international website that monitors the movements of ships showed two Icelandic whaling vessels sailing west of Iceland en route to known whaling areas, while local media confirmed the two ships, Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9, set sail on Sunday …
IceNews – Posted on 22 June 2013
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Must-see videos of the week – June 21
By Jordan Chittley | Daily Buzz
From a woman who stumbles numerous times while walking at graduation to people seeing a type of whale off the B.C. coast that hasn’t been seen in more than 60 years, we’ve seen some great videos this week. Here are some of our favourites: …
Yahoo! News Canada (blog) – Posted on 21 June 2013
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