Posts Tagged ‘sonar’

UK’s Royal Navy Sonar Held Responsible For Deaths Of Over 24 Dolphins?

By Jim • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Latest Green News

More than two dozen dolphins may have been killed after becoming disoriented by British navy sonar exercises, a marine animal protection group said Wednesday.
The Royal Navy denied that a survey vessel using side-scan sonar was to blame in the stranding of 32 dolphins in shallow waters.
“It is considered extremely unlikely that this operation could have […]



George W Bush Dealt Environmental Blow - 07/02/08

By Jim • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Latest Green News

The Navy cannot be exempted from a sonar ban off Southern California, a federal judge ruled.President George Bush signed a waiver in January exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine warfare exercises from a preliminary injunction that created the no-sonar zone. The Navy’s attorneys argued in court last week that the president was within his legal […]