Navy, Environmentalists Await Sonar Ruling
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A federal judge in California is scheduled to release a decision this week that will outline what the Navy must do to protect whales and other marine mammals from the loud blasts of its sonar equipment.
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Conservationists on Wednesday blasted President Bush's decision to exempt the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using high-power sonar in its training off Southern California Â a practice they say harms whales and other marine mammals.
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By Bill Geroux, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 24--NORFOLK  -- The Navy released a new environmental study yesterday that supports its plans to build a practice airstrip for its noisy Virginia Beach-based jets in a remote swath of North Carolina.
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By Mark Larabee, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 14--A federal appeals court sided with conservationists Monday in  their long-running battle with the U.S.
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By Mladen Rudman, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 12--EGLN AFB -- The federal government could soon find out if testing sophisticated weapons in the Gulf of Mexico can coexist with protecting marine mammals.
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A naval exercise off the Australian coast using submarine-hunting sonar could kill whales or cause them to become stranded, the International Whaling Commission warned in a report.
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By Anonymous  The New South Wales Department of Environment & Conservation (NSW DEC) has been using a 125 kHz GeoAcoustics GeoSwath Plus wide swath sonar system for habitat mapping within the state's network of Marine Protected Areas.
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A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that marine mammals have no standing to sue to stop the U.S. Navy from using sonar.
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A hearing to decide whether to introduce limits for cockling on the Dee Estuary gets under way.
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Bush's move to allow its use is likely to get legal review, say conservationists who claim it threatens marine life.
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A legal battle brews over whether fishermen are trespassing when they fish in the flooded bottomlands.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 22--The legal battle over biologically tainted ballast water from ocean-going ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups acted against foreign shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision this week involving voluntary cleanup of contamination will have a huge local impact as pollution is removed from a former munitions plant, officials said Tuesday.
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A proposed change in how the federal government measures water for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta has environmental groups alarmed and California officials concerned about potential harm to wildlife habitat.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 21--The legal battle over ballast water from oceangoing ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups started a lawsuit against shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
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HOUSTON - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.