WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: A proposal that purportedly helps the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale actually condemns the species to extinction, according to comments filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The responsible federal agency is poised to approve fishing operations with few additional safeguards, despite a plummeting population facing incre  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Feb. 20 -- World Wildlife Fund Canada issued the following news release: Far from being the "silent world" of Jacques Cousteau's famed documentary, the ocean actually abounds with natural sound. From the acoustic carapace vibrations of American lobster and small grunts from Atlantic cod to the high-frequency echolocation clicks of orca and deep vocalizations of enormous blue whales, the ocean sounds like a veritable symphony. Travelling five times faster in water than air, so  more