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Snap Observations: January 4, 2008
In the legal contest Navy sonar vs. marine wildlife, the animals won. A federal judge ordered the Navy to curtail its use of mid-frequency radar in training areas off the coast of Southern California, citing environmental laws protecting ocean-dwelling mammals. Researchers link mass strandings of whales to sonar blasts that damage the animals’ hearing.
The United Kingdom will likely clear the way next week for new nuclear power plant construction. The plans for new British plants, which could be online as early as 2017, are one wedge in the country’s initiative to combat climate change (via Grist). Readying for the next generation of U.S. commercial reactors, the Department of Energy recently announced that university researchers will have access to its Idaho test reactor.
Pending approval from the DOE, Mattoon, Illinois will be the site of FutureGen, the first commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration project.
Just before the end of 2007, President Bush signed the “OPEN Government Act of 2007,” which reforms the Freedom of Information Act to provide bloggers better access to public information (via PBS Engage).
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