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Bush admin tries sneaky attack on endangered-species protections

 

The Bush administration is trying to push through changes to the Endangered

Species Act that would -- surprise! -- be detrimental to endangered species.

Under regulatory changes proposed Monday, tens of thousands of projects funded,

built, or authorized by federal agencies each year would be exempt from

currently mandated independent reviews. Instead, the administration has

determined that federal agencies now have the know-how to decide whether

highways, dams, mines, and the like would harm endangered species -- and the

regulations would not allow agencies to include greenhouse-gas emissions in

those calculations. " We believe federal action agencies will err on the side of

caution in making these determinations, " says the proposal. Ha ha ha! Oh, that's

not a joke? The proposed changes require only a 30-day public comment period --

not congressional approval -- before being finalized.

 

 

sources: Associated Press, The Washington Post, National Wildlife Federation

 

 

 

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