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Daily Roundup 2008-12-28
Overlawyered — ... Navy settles anti-sonar environmental lawsuits filed by Natural Resources Defense Council.  I can’t tell from reading this AP story precisely what good the settlement will do for the Navy, or for whales, porpoises, and dolphins, but it appears money is changing hands; ...

Well, That’s Settled
Neptunus Lex — The Navy has settled the lawsuit filed by the National Resources Defense Council: The Navy said Saturday the deal reached with the Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups requires it to continue to research how sonar affects whales and other marine mammals. It doesn’t require sailors to adopt additional measures to protect the animals when they use sonar. The agreement comes one month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Navy in another sonar lawsuit the NRDC filed… The Navy said the ...