Flukes

What a glorious morning!!!!!!!!!

In a sharply worded decision that will keep the Navy from continuing a series of 14 planned exercises, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper wrote that the Navy and the administration had improperly declared that an emergency would be created if they had to accept court-mandated steps to minimize risk to whales and other sea mammals. Because no real emergency exists, she said, the White House cannot override her decisions and those of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Accepting the Navy's arguments, she wrote, would produce "the absurd result of permitting agencies to avoid their [environmental] obligations by re-characterizing ordinary, planned activities as 'emergencies' in the interest of national security, economic stability or other long-term goals."

Now let's go help the Polar Bears!!!!!!!