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Navy, Whale Advocates Settle Suit Over Sonar

Tony Perry
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [1]
December 28, 2008

San Diego, CA -- The Navy and several environmental groups settled a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's use of sonar around the globe as dangerous to whales and other marine mammals, the two sides said Saturday. Both portrayed the settlement as a victory. The case is separate from one the U.S. Supreme Court decided last month, in which the majority said the Navy could not be unduly required to protect whales.

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