Whales under attack: Turn that Damn Thing Down!
In the name of national security the U.S. House
of Representatives has passed an act that would enable the Pentagon to
eviscerate environmental regulations that protect sea life.
The National Defense Act Range Preservation
Inititiative gives across the board immunity from the Clean Air Act, the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and all other environmental
statutes.
The National Defense Act
would allow the Navy to re-implement the high tech sonar underwater testing that
was stopped by federal judges. This testing was stopped when it was found that
the sonar waves were causing whales and dolphins to hemorrhage and bleed to
death.
The Navy sonar testing has a
range of over 300 miles. The sound also breaks the sea animals’ ear drums,
disorienting them, so that they are unable to find their feeding and breeding
grounds. Several hundred whales have already
died.
The Senate has not voted on this
act yet, but will vote as soon as possible after the July 4
recess.
Please call your senators immediately
- our senators are Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. They can be reached at
202-224-3121 (Washington switchboard).
For more information contact the
National Resources Defense Council at 212-727-2700 or www.nrdcwildplaces.org.
Posted: Tue - July 1, 2003 at 07:07 PM