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CX Daily: China’s Deepwater Gas Expansion Collides With Whale Conservation Concerns

Published: Sep. 21, 2026  9:00 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: China’s Deepwater Gas Expansion Collides With Whale Conservation Concerns

China’s environment ministry has accepted for review an environmental-impact report for a major deepwater natural-gas project in the South China Sea, but whale experts and environmental advocates say the document fails to assess risks to sperm whales, a nationally protected species that uses nearby waters as a nursery area.

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