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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Whales lose as top US court says Navy can keep sonar AFP - 1 hour 27 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled the US Navy can continue to use long-range sonar in exercises off the California coast, dismissing arguments that the practice was harmful to whales. "Even if the plaintiffs have shown irreparable injury from the navy's training exercises, any such injury is outweighed by the public interest and the navy's interest in effective, realistic training of its sailors," the court said in a opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts. In a split decision, five of the nine Supreme Court judges agreed with the government that in the interests of national security President George W. Bush has the constitutional power to exempt the US Navy from environmental laws curbing the use of long-range sonar in the North Pacific. "We do not discount the importance of the plaintiffs' ecological, scientific, and recreational interests in marine mammals," the opinion said. "Those interests, however, are plainly outweighed by the Navy's need to conduct realistic training exercises to ensure that it is able to neutralize the threat posed by enemy submarines." Secretary of the Navy, Donald Winter, welcomed the high court's decision, saying it would allow the Navy to "certify our crews 'combat ready' while continuing to be good stewards of the marine environment." The navy uses sonar off California to look for hostile submarines lurking beneath the Pacific, but has battled with environmentalists for years in federal courts over its use. Environmentalists say such sonars have potentially catastrophic consequences for marine life, arguing they confuse the animals and have caused mass deaths in the Bahamas and Canary islands. In January, a court required the navy to take safety precautions off the California coast, which is inhabited by five species of endangered whales. A few days later, Bush responded by granting the navy an exemption, arguing the use of sonars was vital for military preparedness exercises that were in the "paramount interest of the United States." Environmentalists took their case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the lower court's decision in February. But the government then petitioned the Supreme Court. In Wednesday's ruling the Supreme Court found the lower court had exceeded its authority in telling the navy to reduce sonar levels. However, environmentalists rejoiced that it did not rule on other measures such as the need to respect a protective zone off the California coast. "The court did not upset the underlying determination that the Navy likely violated the law by failing to prepare an environmental impact statement," said Joel Reynolds, a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Two dissenting judges on Wednesday insisted that while there was "no doubt that the training exercises serve critical interests ... those interests do not authorize the navy to violate a statutory command." Dissenting judge Ruth Ginsburg further said the navy had failed to obey the law by not supplying a full report on the environmental risks before beginning to use sonar, and just sticking to its preliminary report. At the start of the Supreme Court hearing in October, government lawyer Gregory Carre acknowledged that a preliminary navy study found that sonar could disorient 170,000 marine mammals, and leave 8,000 whales temporarily deaf. But he defended the sonar level used by the navy as being well below the danger level for marine life. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Enlarge Photo A whale submerges under the water. The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled the US Navy can continue to use long-range sonar in exercises off the California coast, dismissing arguments that the practice was harmful to whales. Most Popular – Top Stories Viewed Ancient 4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt Your favorite music = happy heart: study Britney Spears's son hospitalized: statement Economic gloom mounts ahead of finance crisis summit Oil price dives under 55 dollars per barrel in London View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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