[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Supreme Court sonar hearing

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Supreme Court takes on whales, Navy sonar

Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Hearst Newspapers
San Francisco Chronicle
October 9, 2008

Several Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday about a 
federal judge's decision to protect whales and other marine life off the 
California coast by limiting the Navy's use of sonar.

The case pits environmental causes against national security and 
military interests.

Environmentalists warn that the mid-frequency sonar used by the Navy can 
harm or kill whales by forcing the mammals to dive deep to avoid the 
sound, causing decompression sickness. The electronic devices also 
interfere with the mammals' ability to navigate underwater and prompt 
them to change their breeding habits.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/09/MNLI13DOHT.DTL&hw=Breyer+sonar&sn=001&sc=1000

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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