Protecting the 'Aquarium of the World' From a Gas Industry Takeover

Protecting the 'Aquarium of the World' From a Gas Industry Takeover

In a narrow strip of ocean south of the California-Mexico border, humpback whales converge alongside playful dolphins, sea lions, and thousands of other marine species. The Gulf of California is an UNESCO-recognized biodiversity hotspot in northwest Mexico. A third of the world’s marine mammals make their home here, including the largest animal in the world: the blue whale. The ocean conservationist Jacques Cousteau once called the Gulf “the aqu…