The LA New Times has an article up titled "Crying Whale". Apparently a group of environmentalists invented a threat to a group of whales. They succeeded in shutting down the construction of a salt plant in Mexico."Anyone who believes this was ever a debate on the science of gray whales is naive," says Vermont humpback whale researcher Roger Payne, the sole whale expert among 34 award-winning scientists named in ads opposed to the plant. "This was only about politics and stopping the world's largest corporation from ignoring legal protections on land where nothing should ever be built, no matter how many jobs it brings."
I think this is the same article that ran in the Pitch a few weeks back. Either way it's interesting to read how little this particular group of environmentalists care for the truth. I'm all for supporting the environment but I'd prefer a little honesty. The article is a little long but the first page is a great read.