Environmental Law Society Meeting

Welcome back students!

Our Spring ELS meeting will be held next Thursday, January 18th at 5 p.m. in Room 503.

We will be discussing events for this semester and recruiting event organizers.

Our success depends on your participation!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Navy Sonar Revived?

The Jan/Feb 2007 issue of Nature's Voice published by the NRDC had a disturbing article on the Navy's plan to use low frequency active (LFA) sonar in potentially 75% of worldwide oceans. The use of LFA sonar is intended to detect submarines with low-frequency sound waves that can travel more than 300 miles. This noise, at close range, can purportedly damage whale eardrums and lungs and at farther distances, disrupt feeding and mating.

In August 2003, on the same subject, the Navy was ordered by a district court judge to set up protective measures for marine mammals. According to the agreement, the Navy was only able
to use LFA sonar in a limited area of the Pacific Ocean. The Navy has requested a new permit to expand use of the LFA sonar.

A decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service on the permit is expected in July.

Bush, Merkel Pledge Closer Cooperation on Mideast, Global Warming

Bush, Merkel Pledge Closer Cooperation on Mideast, Global Warming

Is this meaningful, aspirational, or mere puffery?

Have a Hot 2007

Scientists Say 2007 May Be Warmest Yet

Have we passed the tipping point? Crossed the Rubicon? What do people think?