Green Options » decision http://greenoptions.com/tag/decision Posts tagged 'decision' Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Grassroots Work Behind the SF Bike Plan Victory http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:59:11 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/ San Francisco Bike Coalition member Rick Baraff produced this short video documenting how the grassroots advocacy work of thousands of SFBC members led to last Friday’s historic victory at the SFMTA hearing.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/feed/ US Supreme Court Sides With Navy In Whales Sonar Case http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/13/us-supreme-court-sides-with-navy-in-whales-sonar-case/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/13/us-supreme-court-sides-with-navy-in-whales-sonar-case/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:15:16 +0000 Andrew Williams http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/13/us-supreme-court-sides-with-navy-in-whales-sonar-case/

In a landmark case, the US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the US Navy can carry out sonar training exercises off the southern California coast, without safeguards designed to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.

The decision is a major setback for environmentalists, who had hoped the Court would uphold an earlier injunction by a federal judge requiring the navy to take precautions while undertaking submarine-hunting exercises. Environmental groups originally launched the lawsuit claiming that the use of sonar can injure or even kill a wide range of marine species, including sea-lions and endangered blue whales.

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