Tag: environmental laws

And the dolphins win one: President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, a federal judge ruled Monday. Navy officials did not immediately respond to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. Mark Matsunaga, spokesman for the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Hawaii, said officials […]

Because losing in court means nothing to him: The White House yesterday sought to overrule a federal court’s decision limiting the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises, exempting the service from complying with two major environmental laws. Environmentalists who sued to limit the use of loud, mid-frequency sonar — which can be harmful to […]