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“Half of this game is ninety percent mental”*

October 6, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

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beakedwhale, endangeredspeciesact, navy, nrdcv.winter, PLF, sonar

On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Winter v. NRDC, a case concerning the devastating environmental effects that the use of high-intensity active sonar can have on marine life, particularly small, deep-diving, whales.  The Court could consider...continued

Whales Win!

January 5, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy

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navy, nrdcv.winter, oceannoise, sonar, southerncalifornia, whales

I've been traveling the last few days and didn't have much time to post on Switchboard, but I would be remiss if I didn't give a quick shout out to my colleagues at NRDC's Marine Mammal Protection Program, who scored...continued

No, admiral, there's rock-solid science re naval sonar's danger to beaked whales

September 24, 2007

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
beakedwhale, navy, nrdcv.winter, oceannoise, sonar, whales

Today's AP featured a rather extraordinary claim by the United States Navy.  In a story about the particular vulnerability "beaked" whales (a kind of small toothed whale that encompasses about twenty different species) to naval sonar, the commander of the U.S. Pacific...continued

Andrew Wetzler
Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
Chicago
I grew up in New York City but spent my summers canoeing and hiking in...
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