November 2008

It's killing season in Japan, the factory ship has headed out sea, unceremoniously this year, though.  Wonder if that has anything to do with the anti-whaling activists whose attention they are probably trying to avoid?  And why wouldn't they?  According to this article, the Sea Shepherd activists plan to disrupt the 2008-09 whaling season, like they did the last.  Last season Japan was only able to slaughter 551 whales, almost half of their 1,000 whale quota.  That is pretty bad-ass!

Meanwhile, in Australia, the Environment Minister, Mr. Read more

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the US Navy can conduct sonar training exercises off the Southern California coast without restrictions.  The high court threw out a federal judge's injunction that had required the Navy to take precautions when conducting submarine-hunting exercises.

"Environmental groups brought the lawsuit and said the intense sound waves can harm or even kill 37 species of marine mammals, including sea lions and endangered blue whales, by interfering with their ability to navigate and communicate.

Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion for Read more