NRDC argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2008, seeking to protect whales from harmful military sonar. In early 2008, a federal court prohibited the U.S. Navy from conducting sonar exercises off the California coast without safety measures in place. The Navy sought to overturn this decision, despite evidence that thousands of whales would be harmed. The justices issued a ruling on Nov. 12.
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first decision of the term today, and it's not the best of news for whales. Last month, NRDC and its allies argued before the court on behalf of marine mammals that are threatened...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last week, NRDC argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to protect whales and other marine mammals from being harmed by military sonar. I reported on the oral arguments and tried to provide an observer's perspective. Since then, a lot...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Lawyers from NRDC and the U.S. Navy faced tough scrutiny on everything from beaked whale strandings to the separation of powers as they argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this morning.In a case that could determine whether the Navy is...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Oral arguments are scheduled to begin momentarily in NRDC's case before the U.S. Supreme Court, and everyone's eager to hear what happens.A lot of groups have a rooting interest in this proceeding, in which the U.S. Navy is seeking to...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The case that's widely thought of as "Navy vs. whales" goes to the highest court in the land this morning, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council.I'm lined up outside the courthouse...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
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→
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Next Wednesday, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Winter v NRDC, our case challenging the Navy's illegal use of sonar off the southern California coast. As I wrote about previously, NRDC challenged the Navy's refusal...continued→
Posted by NRDC News in The Media and the Environment
On Hannity and Colmes Julia Bovey discusses global warming, possibilities in efficiency, and shortcomings of America’s dead-end oil policy; you can view the video and vote on it on Fox.com. Stephen Colbert passes judgment on the NRDC vs. Winter...continued→
Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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→
Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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→
Posted by Joel Reynolds in Reviving the World's Oceans
If the Supreme Court decides to review the case of high intensity Navy sonar, as the Wall Street Journal yesterday urged, it will do well to ignore the Journal’s error-riddled editorial (“Judge Ahab and the Whales,” June 19). There is...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy
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→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
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→
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