Defense Environment Alert -- A federal appeals court panel has accepted conditions sought by environmentalists in a major lawsuit and ordered a lower court to narrow an injunction to allow the Navy to proceed with training exercises that rely on mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar, provided additional mitigation measures are required. The Nov. 13 order comes in a key National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit challenging Navy plans to train off the Southern California coast, and follows along the lines of...
