When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Over at pacificwhale.org there is an Action Alert out because the US Navy, with the support of the Bush administration (of course) wants to use a long-distance submarine-detecting system that can prove very damaging to whales, dolphins, other marine creatures, and human divers, even a distances of 100-300 miles.
Known as LFA sonar, or Low Frequency Active Sonar, the system works by emiting high energy, low frequency blasts of sound that can disorient or disable a scuba diver 100 miles away.
I read about this in mail I received from the Natural Resources Defense Council, which filed a suit seeking to block the Navy from deploying the deadly system. For more information about the lawsuit, which was filed last fall and goes to trial this month, see the San Francisco Chronicle.
The NRDC and the Humane Society say that "the sonar had the potential to harm virtually every species of marine mammal in the world. It could tear delicate tissues around the animals' brains and ears and interfere with migration and reproduction"
Read what other environmental groups say about LFA Sonar:
Defenders of Wildlife
American Cetacean Society
Greenpeace
Humane Society
Whale research by the Cornell Ornithology lab (Ornithology? if you figure that one out, let me know!)
As usual, Bush doesn't care. He persuaded his doofus over at National Marine Fisheries Service to ok continued use of the ocean-blasters.
They said in a press release last fall that," with proper monitoring and safeguards, marine mammals are unlikely to be injured by the sonar activities and ... the sonar will have no more than a negligible impact on marine mammal species and stocks."
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Whale-killer
Over at pacificwhale.org there is an Action Alert out because the US Navy, with the support of the Bush administration (of course) wants to use a long-distance submarine-detecting system that can prove very damaging to whales, dolphins, other marine creatures, and human divers, even a distances of 100-300 miles.
Known as LFA sonar, or Low Frequency Active Sonar, the system works by emiting high energy, low frequency blasts of sound that can disorient or disable a scuba diver 100 miles away.
I read about this in mail I received from the Natural Resources Defense Council, which filed a suit seeking to block the Navy from deploying the deadly system. For more information about the lawsuit, which was filed last fall and goes to trial this month, see the San Francisco Chronicle.
The NRDC and the Humane Society say that "the sonar had the potential to harm virtually every species of marine mammal in the world. It could tear delicate tissues around the animals' brains and ears and interfere with migration and reproduction"
Read what other environmental groups say about LFA Sonar:
Defenders of Wildlife
American Cetacean Society
Greenpeace
Humane Society
Whale research by the Cornell Ornithology lab (Ornithology? if you figure that one out, let me know!)
As usual, Bush doesn't care. He persuaded his doofus over at National Marine Fisheries Service to ok continued use of the ocean-blasters.
They said in a press release last fall that," with proper monitoring and safeguards, marine mammals are unlikely to be injured by the sonar activities and ... the sonar will have no more than a negligible impact on marine mammal species and stocks."
Palema
4:24 PM
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