Environmental
Oct. 20, 2012
Environmental groups sue to stop Navy's sonar system
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the U.S. Navy from moving forward on a recently approved sonar system used to identify and locate enemy vessels in 70 percent to 75 percent of the earth's oceans.
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the U.S. Navy from moving forward on a recently approved sonar system used to identify and locate enemy vessels in 70 percent to 75 percent of the earth's oceans.
The plaintiffs, led by the Natural Resources Defense Council, say low frequency active sonar has been proven to substantially injure marine mammals from up to thousands of miles a...
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