Ruling to protect dugong could put Northern Okinawa aid at risk
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A federal judge said a US military base proposed for the depressed area must evaluate impact on the marine mammal.
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The 225m-long `Selendang Ayu&#39; ran aground near the Aleutian islands in the Bering Sea. The environment is at threat, but bad weather is preventing a clean-up.
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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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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 4--Here's a dumb idea: The U.S. Department of the Interior has told its U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees in northeastern North Carolina not to respond to public inquiries about the effects of a proposed Navy practice landing field there.
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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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In a victory for environmentalists, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration cannot change the standards commercial fisheries must meet before the tuna they catch can carry the "dolphin-safe" label.
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Two years after denying Endangered Species Act protection to killer whales that live much of the year near Washington's San Juan Islands, the federal fisheries agency said Thursday it plans to list the struggling population as a threatened species.
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Australia's newly-elected government risks damaging political and trade ties with Tokyo if it uses the military to monitor Japanese whaling in Antarctic, the opposition said Friday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Anti-whaling nations said on Monday they oppose Japan's proposal to permit whale hunting in its coastal communities and will push for Japanese concessions on other issues.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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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A ruling this week by a U.S. Army panel could lead to the overturning of one of the largest courts-martial of World War II.
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Japan is preparing to mobilize troops to  deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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Japan has warned it des not rule out quitting the International Whaling Commission unless the divided group allows whaling within several years.
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Some worry that HawaiiÂs strict antismoking law will hurt tourism Â especially from Japan.
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Japanese and US experts were helping efforts to contain the Philippines' worst oil spill as the coastguard warned of a &quot;looming ecological timebomb.&quot;
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A US judge reimposes curbs on sonar which aim to protect whales, overturning a waiver by President Bush.
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A toxic chemical used to prevent barnacles from clinging to ship hulls may cause deafness in marine mammals and could lead whales to beach themselves, Yale researchers say.