Dredging of Puerto Rico's biggest port begins despite warnings it may harm turtles and corals

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A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico's biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit.

In this Oct. 26, 2013 photo, a bird flies over the San Juan Bay Estuary in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A US$62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico's biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit.

In August 2022, the Arizona-based nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government, saying the project threatens to destroy corals and seagrass beds and suck up turtles and other marine life."We are hoping for a decision soon," Catherine Kilduff, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a phone interview.

Officials said it would dig up to 46 feet , with some areas in the San Juan Bay currently at depths ranging from 36 feet to 42 feet . Taiwan's firefighting service says two Canadians were among a group of people stranded by rock slides in a gorge after the island's strongest earthquake in 25 years.An 11-year-old boy who was killed by two large dogs in southeast Edmonton on Monday has been identified as a Grade 5 student from B.C. named Kache.A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico's biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit.

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