LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy and environmentalists are both claiming victory in a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's use of sonar as dangerous to whales.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Navy's power to use sonar during exercises even though the technology threatens marine life.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- National security and environmental concerns butted heads before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in a case challenging the U.S. Navy's sonar testing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has agreed to restrict the use of sonar during its training exercises as part of a deal with environmental groups, officials said.
HONOLULU, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy says it is premature to blame the beaching of a whale in Hawaii on nearby exercises using sonar.
WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to revisit the controversy over government power to seize private land for economic development.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Bush administration's exemption of an environmental ban on sonar use by the U.S. Navy was overruled by a federal judge in Los Angeles.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy is complying with a new court order restricting the use of sonar during ongoing exercises off California that feature mock submarine encounters.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- California officials say President George Bush acted unconstitutionally when he pushed for the U.S. Navy to use banned sonar linked to marine mammal deaths.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush invoked his constitutional right Wednesday to exempt the Navy from a federal law prohibiting the use of sonar in coastal exercises.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles has imposed the most rigid set of limits ever on the U.S. Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar off the coast of Southern California.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy is asking to be allowed to use high-powered sonar in training exercises off the California coast despite possible risk to the environment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A California court has ruled in favor of the Navy’s testing of high-powered sonar, although the decision won't stop efforts to end the practice
LOS ANGELES, July 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal judge in Los Angeles has granted an environmental group's petition to block the U.S. Navy from conducting sonar tests that could harm whales.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- The National Marine Fisheries Service says it cannot determine if Navy sonar caused 36 whales to become stranded on the North Carolina shore last year.