Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?

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By Sachi Kitajima MulkeySep 15, 2026, 4:45 am103 ptsTrending
Several hundred scientists, government officials, and environmentalists gathered for an unusual two-day conference in Newport, Oregon, last week, entirely focused on a single species: gray whales. It was an urgent meeting. The number of gray whales along the U.S. West Coast has recently plummeted by the…

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