[CPEO-MEF] Sonar testing resumes off Californa coast

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Join the Navy, Kill Some Whales

By Marty Graham
Wired Mews
January 24, 2008

With the official all-clear from President Bush, the U.S. Navy began 
underwater sonar training off the San Diego coast this week, despite its 
own estimates showing that hundreds or thousands of whales will be 
harmed by the high-frequency pings being pumped into the Pacific.

Lt. Mark Walton, of the Third Fleet, confirmed that a battle group of 
approximately 5,000 people and an aircraft carrier are training on 
submarine detection, using midfrequency sonar somewhere off the San 
Diego coast. He stressed that the Navy is taking precautions to minimize 
and prevent injury to marine mammals during the two-week training.

The training comes even though a federal lawsuit filed by the California 
Coastal Commission and environmental groups last month won severe 
restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar off the California coast under 
the Coastal Zone Management Act. Last week, Bush issued a memorandum 
exempting the Navy from the environmental law used to win the ruling. 
The legality of Bush's action remains to be tested.


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http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/whales
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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