TransCanada Halts Terminal Work as Beluga Seen Endangered
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TransCanada Corp. is putting on hold studies for the Cacouna oil export terminal in Quebec as part of its proposed Energy East pipeline project after a nearby beluga whale population was assessed as endangered.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada said yesterday that the beluga population in the St. Lawrence River is at greater risk of extinction than a decade ago and is now considered endangered. The organization is made up of provincial, territorial and federal wildlife agencies and non-governmental advisers.