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U.S. Navy Wants Exemption From LFA Sonar Law!
use of its new high-intensity LFA sonar system, which scientists say poses a threat to entire populations of whales, dolphins, seals and other marine mammals. The judge's decision, prompted by an NRDC lawsuit, held that the permit to deploy issued to the Navy by the Bush administration likely violates a number of federal laws, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Congress is now considering a Bush administration proposal to grant continuous, across-the-board exemptions for the Department of Defense from the laws that protect our air and water, clean up our toxic waste and conserve our most endangered species.
We need your help now.
Please forward this message to all your assoicates and lodge your protest at:
http://www.nrdcaction.org/index.asp?step=2&item=1538
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