Navy Sued for Sonar-Blasting Whales

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a CNN report about a suit brought against the U.S. Navy for sonar pollution. From the article: "The environmentalists want the Navy to use harmless passive sonar -- listening for sounds made by marine mammals themselves -- to locate the animals before using mid-frequency sonar. They also want the Navy to avoid migration and calving areas and to turn on sonar systems gradually so that the animals have time to flee."

Comments

Re:well, here's a cynical explanation

[killjoe]

"Because for the most part animals really aren't a major threat the way other humans are?"

What does that have to do with anything? Just today the US military killed 20 people in Iraq. Why? Because those people objected to the US occupying their country.

If you can kill people because they don't want you in their country then pretty much anything goes.

Re:I don't believe Sonar hurts whales

[bungo]

      Never mind the fact active Sonar is the best way to catch a diesel powered submarine. Never mind the fact almost every country in the world has diesel submarines, including Iran.

So what is your purpose of stating that?

Are you trying to scare people in to believing that a diesel electrics from places like Iran have the range and capability to make it to the US?

You must know full well that the range and ability of diesel electrics limit their operating areas to mostly coastal locations.

Geez... so those Iranians are going to be able to attack the US of A with their weapons of mass destruction via diesel submarines!

Very emotive.

You should consider getting a job in the White House.