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Whales and the Knife's Edge

June 12, 2009

Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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cetaceans, marinemammals, navy, sonar, thebends, whales

One of the big questions in marine mammal research these days is how Navy mid-frequency sonar kills marine mammals.  Some scientists have looked to decompression sickness, or "the bends," for an answer, since investigators have repeatedly found bends-like symptoms in...continued

Navy Games

April 9, 2009

Posted by Michael Jasny in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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dolphins, hawaii, marinemammals, navysonar, whales, whalestrandings

The Obama Administration has put a premium on good science in environmental policy, but some folks in the Navy don't seem to have gotten the message. In a study soon to be published in Biology Letters, researchers exposed a captive...continued

Colbert Weighs In

June 26, 2008

Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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colbert, midfrequencysonar, navysonar, nrdcv.winter, supremecourt

It is as we all feared.  Stephen Colbert threw his considerable legal acumen into the ring last night, weighing in on NRDC v. Winter – our case about naval sonar training off California, which the Supreme Court will hear in...continued

Sonar and the Supremes

June 24, 2008

Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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midfrequencysonar, navysonar, nrdcv.winter, southerncalifornia, supremecourt, whales

One thing you get when your lawsuit is taken up by the Supreme Court, aside from supportive calls from friends, is a lot of interest from the media.  That happened yesterday when the Supreme Court agreed to hear NRDC v....continued

Whales and Oil

June 19, 2008

Posted by Michael Jasny in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
exxonmobil, hanaleibay, madagascar, melonheadedwhales, oceannoise, offshoreoil, whalestrandings

As offshore oil gets dragged once again onto the political scene, it’s worth remembering the environmental costs that led to the adoption of an offshore moratorium in the first place.  One of the seminal events in the modern environmental movement...continued

Michael Jasny
Michael Jasny
Senior Policy Analyst
Vancouver, B.C., and Santa Monica
I grew up in an industrialized part of New Jersey, unconcerned about environmental issues (or,...
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