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Black Death: How Coal Exports Threaten Orcas

Suzi Letouze   |   Last Updated: January 6, 2016

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You can help orcas today by speaking up! Urge the Army Corps of Engineers to thoroughly review the risks from proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest.

For more information on the dangers coal exports will create for orcas and other aquatic life in Puget Sound, visit NWF.org/CoalExports

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | coal, coal exports, habitat loss, Infographics, Northern Rockies and Pacific Regional Center, orcas, Puget Sound, salmon
Published: June 26, 2013
Written by Suzi Letouze

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