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The Beep Blue Sea
Bush exempts Navy from environmental law in ongoing sonar saga |
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16 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:59 AM on 16 Jan 2008 President Bush fired another salvo in the ongoing fight pitting the U.S. Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar against whales and other marine mammals that can be harmed by it. Bush yesterday exempted the Navy from parts of the Coastal Zone Management Act that a federal judge recently found the Navy was violating when it used the powerful sonar off the California coast. That judge had o ... |
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