Significant flaws found in previous plan put thousands of marine mammals at risk

Wildlife protection agency challenged for not doing its job

Safeguards for Hawai’i’s whales will continue, for now

West Coast marine mammals continue to be harmed by deafening underwater noise

Millions of marine mammals face injury, death off Hawaiʻi, Southern California

Exercises in Hawai`i’s waters, included use of high-intensity, mid-frequency active sonar

For the first time ever, the Navy has agreed to put vast swaths of important habitat for numerous marine mammals off limits to dangerous sonar training and testing.

A judge tells the Navy that it doesn’t need access to every square inch of the ocean to conduct training exercises. There is a better way to protect both our country and our wildlife.

Undersea warfare exercises planned within National Marine Sanctuary in Hawai’i

Injunction issued in Hawai`i case

Environmental groups and some Indian tribes, represented by Earthjustice, have to get the U.S. Navy to change the way it trains off the West Coast to avoid harming whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Magistrate Judge Nandor Vadas has set a deadline of August 1, 2014 for the National Marine Fisheries Service to develop a plan that will ensure Navy sonar and live-fire training doesn’t violate the Endangered Species Act.

Millions of marine mammals face injury, death off Hawai‘i, Southern California

Divers heard loud sonar transmissions both in and out of the water

We’re fighting to protect the Gulf’s imperiled species as oil and gas corporations run freighters through precious habitat, drill deeper, and blast along the Gulf floor.

Claims authority to ignore state law

Earthjustice is representing Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi, the Animal Welfare Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and Ocean Mammal Institute in a lawsuit challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s approval of a 5-year plan by the U.S. Navy for testing and training activities off Hawaiʻi and Southern California. The Navy and Fisheries Service estimate this training…

The Navy uses a vast area of the West Coast for training activities including anti-submarine warfare exercises involving tracking aircraft and sonar; surface-to-air gunnery and missile exercises; air-to-surface bombing exercises; sink exercises; and extensive testing for several new weapons systems. In late 2010, the National Marine Fisheries Service gave the Navy a permit for five…