In Hawaii, five environmental groups are suing the Navy for its use of high-intensity sonar during anti-submarine training exercises, that are heavily harmful to whales, dolphins and marine mammals. The lawsuit plans to "stop the Navy from doing its sonar exercises until it complies with environmental laws they are violating," confirmed Paul Achitoff, the Earthjustice attorney representing the coalition comprising of the Ocean Mammal Institute, the Animal Welfare Institute, KAHEA (the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance), the Center for Biological Diversity and the Surfrider Foundation.
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