QUÉBEC TO RESUME OIL EXPLORATION PROCESS
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CANADIAN province of Québec will push ahead with four strategic environmental assessments of the potential impact of exploratory oil and gas drilling in the the lower St Lawrence estuary and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Seismic testing with explosives have been suspended in these areas since 2004 amidst concerns about its effect on whales.
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THE CANADIAN province of Québec will push ahead with four strategic environmental assessments of the potential impact of exploratory oil and gas drilling in the the lower St Lawrence estuary and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Seismic testing with explosives have been suspended in these areas since 2004 amidst concerns about its effect on whales.
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