An advocacy group called on the U.S. government to enact further restrictions on Atlantic Ocean energy work, citing seismic threats to marine animals. Oceana published new mapping data in coordination with the Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology lab that show marine mammals inhabit areas were some companies are conducting seismic tests to investigate the oil and gas potential in the Atlantic Ocean. “These maps confirm what we’ve long feared, that dolphins and whales along the East Coast are at risk from dangerous seismic airgun blasting for oil and gas,” Claire Douglass, a campaign director for Oceana, said in an emailed statement. “President Obama should stop seismic airgun blasting and protect our coast.” The Interior Department revised a lease plan […]