Supreme Court Will Hear Sonar Case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the government’s appeal of February’s circuit court ruling that the Navy cannot use sonar in its training exercises off the California coast when marine mammals are...
View ArticleSonar Showdown
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the Navy’s use of mid-frequency sonar. Yesterday, a federal court in San Francisco approved a compromise between the Navy and...
View ArticleBush/Cheney Strikes Again: Does It Matter?
The Washington Post is reporting that the Bush administration will nominate F. Chase Hutto III (where do they get these names?), a senior aide to V-P Dick Cheney, to become Assistant Secretary of...
View ArticlePalin’s Environmental Record Not So Pretty
Palin: Pretty. ANWR: Prettier It’s true, Sarah Palin is pretty. But that’s all she’s got going for her, and that won’t get her far if she becomes president. As governor of the Last Frontier—the biggest...
View ArticleSo What About The Whales?
The battle over the Navy’s use of sonar pits the neocons against the environmentalists, and it turns out they’re more similar than you might think. It’s worth noting that the Supreme Court decision did...
View ArticleHumpback strands itself in Thames River
A humpback whale that had missed a turn and wound up in Thames River was found stranded and dead earlier today in Southeast England. ZSL/CSIP, via Guardian UK The 28-foot beast was just a youngster,...
View ArticleWhale Wars
It’s whaling season—the Japanese think so, anyway, although whaling is forbidden under international law. And where the Japanese whalers go, so goes the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: a scrappy...
View ArticleMemorial tattoos for dying species
Have you ever thought about getting a tattoo of a tiger? Your motivation may not be that the handsome Siberian tiger is increasingly endangered. Even so, a tattoo is the perfect way to celebrate the...
View ArticleWikiLeaks show U.S. sought whaling deal with Japan
In a game of cat and mouse, the cat always wins but the mouse can be really, really annoying. So show (some of the cables in) the WikiLeaks dump: Japan, tired of having its whaling ships harassed by...
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