A.M. Greenlist: Hear the real sonar

>> The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Navy's appeal on sonar restrictions, ruling that "the Navy must abide by limits on its sonar training off the Southern California because the exercises could harm dozens of species of whales and dolphins."

>> Michael Stocker, director of Ocean Conservation Research, derides the Navy's claims that only six beaked whales have ever been killed due to active sonar. His post includes video and audio examples of the Navy's attempts to greenwash its practices.

>> The Snow at Gin Flat, Calif., predicts the state's water woes. This cold spot is what scientists study to "test the premise that a warming climate will produce more rain at higher elevations -- a shift that would bring more flooding and less snowpack to fill California reservoirs in mid-summer."

>> California State Sen. Ellen M. Corbett introduced a bill to ban some perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in food packaging, like french-fry containers or pizza boxes. The two PFCs in question, PFOS and PFOA, have been linked to pregnancy problems that can include developmental complications. In addtion, PFOAs are considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a likely carcinogen and a chemical that induces breast tumors in animals.

>> China's biggest plastic bag maker closes shop, about a month after China banned thin plastic bags and started taxing thicker ones (via green daily). Earlier: The Plague that is the plastic bag, in photos.

>> The United Arab Emirates is planning the world's first zero-carbon city -- an especially unique endeavor considering that UAE has the world's largest per-capita ecological footprint. World Wildlife Fund will keep tabs on the eco-ness of the project.

Photo by Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times