A Win For The Whales: Navy Agrees To Limit Sonar Use

NPR

Published September 19, 2015 at 5:09 PM EDT

As part of a legal settlement with environmental groups, the U.S. Navy has agreed to limit their use of sonar in certain areas off California and Hawaii that are whale habitats. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Joshua Horwitz, author of War of the Whales.

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