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Stop the attacks on the Endangered Species Act

Rants From The Rookery (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Improper Threat to the Endangered Species Act

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday

Earlier this month, in an attempt to do an end-run around Congress, Kempthorne proposed drastic changes to the rules governing the Endangered Species Act. No longer, if the secretary gets his way, will federal agencies like the Army Corp of Engineers, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Land Management and Office of Surface Mining have to submit proposals for projects to the U.S. Fish and...

GREENSPACE: 30-day comment period on Endangered Species act begins

LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

By Julie Cart An online portal is accepting comments on the Department of Interior's proposed overhaul of the Endangered Species Act, which could do away with scientific reviews of construction and development projects.

Our view on conservation: Bid to weaken species act deserves to be shot down

USA Today (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Our view on conservation: Bid to weaken species act deserves to be shot down Plan to let federal agencies avoid review raises conflicts of interest. The thick woods along Virginia's broad James River, about halfway between the Chesapeake Bay and...

How to Comment on Regulatory Changes to the Endangered Species Act

A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Last week the Department of the Interior announced that it would allow individual federal agencies to conduct and approve their own environmental assessments for new projects . This represents a major change from current practice. Currently, environmental reviews must be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service for approval. Review by an qualified, impartial...

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Now It's the Act That's Endangered

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

President Bush wants to rewrite the Endangered Species Act through regulations rather than taking his case to Congress.

Bush’s “Biggest Overhaul” Of Endangered Species Act Is Nothing

Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

Such ado about nothing! Every environmental group and left wing media outlet in the world is up in arms over President Bush’s and the Department of Interior’s announcement that they are planning to change the consultation process to determine if a proposed development would be harmful to an endangered species and provide clarity of such. I [...]

Endangered species: “Kill ‘em all” says Bush

Later On (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008

In effect, you understand. That’s not a direct quotation, but it coveys the essence of this: Currently, the Endangered Species Act requires independent scientific assessment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service of proposed construction projects. But the Bush administration has proposed allowing construction to proceed, if the agency whose [...]

Lame Duck Threatens Endangered Species

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008

THE last year in office can bring out the best or worst in an American president. For President Bush it's the worst, as he maneuvers to circumvent Congress and gut the Endangered Species Act. The president must not be allowed to achieve this dishonorable goal.

Endangered Species, Redux

Yellow Doggerel Democrat (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008

Last week, I noted that Bush plans to gut the Endangered Species Act by essentially leaving federal agencies to regulate themselves regarding compliance with the Act. Today, SFGate has a few notes on the matter ...

Endangered Species in the DC Area

A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008

Delmarva Fox Squirrel / Photo by W. H. Julien (USFWS) Last week, the Bush administration decided to weaken the Endangered Species Act by allowing every agency to perform its own environmental assessments without needing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's approval. They want us to believe that every agency can protect endangered and threatened species adequately, even though most do not have...

Barrasso wants changes to species law

billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008

CHEYENNE - U.S. Sen. John Barrasso says he supports changes in the federal Endangered Species Act that would clarify the delisting of recovered species. "I think it should be based on sound science and if something gets listed there should be a recove ...

Act NOW to Stop Bush from Gutting Federal Endangered Species Act!

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

Attached is a CSPA Action Alert from Bill Jennings, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, concerning the Bush Administration's proposed rule changes that are intended to dismember the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The comment period has been truncated to 30 days (it ends 15 September) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not accepting e-mailed or...

Questions about Endangered Species Act changes go unanswered

Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

Posted: 9:20 AM- Three days after the U.S. Interior secretary announced he would loosen the Endangered Species Act, wildlife organizations and even an Interior spokesman couldnt explain what effects the rule change might have.

Endangered Species Act Endangered

Plastic: Most Recent (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have (ESA) that will on many projects, prohibit federal agencies from assessing greenhouse gas emissions from construction projects, let each federal agency decide for itself whether a proposed project would harm endangered species (even if they didn't have professional staff capable of making such an assessment),...