Reuters: California cargo ships to slow for whales under new program

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California cargo ships to slow for whales under new program

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The massive container ships passing through the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Southern California will be paid a bonus of $2,500 per trip to slow down, in an effort to cut off-shore air pollution and reduce collisions with whales.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/204366319708/u/49/f/654218/c/35217/s/3d4c5a86/sc/10/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare">
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