Canada Aims to Ease Whale Protection as Pipeline Decision Looms

Canada has recommended taking humpback whales off the "threatened" species list, two months before the government is due to decide whether to approve a proposed pipeline that would lead to half a million barrels of oil being shipped through their Pacific marine habitat every year.

The Department of the Environment released a document over the Easter holiday that recommends the North Pacific humpback whales should now be labeled a "species of special concern."

The change of classification means the humpback's habitat would no longer be protected under Canada's Species at Risk Act

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