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Environmental

Aug. 10, 2007

Series of Legal Decisions Restrict Navy's Use of Sonar Harmful to Whales

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court ruling this week restricting the U.S. Navy's use of sonar during training exercises off Southern California represents the latest skirmish between the military and environmentalists over the use of technology that may have devastating effects on whales and other ocean creatures.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court ruling this week restricting the U.S. Navy's use of sonar during training exercises off Southern California represents the latest skirmish between the military and environmentalists over the use of technology that may have devastating effects on whales and other ocean creatures.
      So far, the Navy seems to be ...

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