[permaculture] Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules - CNN.com

Lawrence F. London, Jr. lflj at intrex.net
Fri Dec 12 04:50:56 EST 2008


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/12/endangered.species/index.html
Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration cleared the way Thursday for federal agencies to skip consultations with 
government scientists when embarking on projects that could impact endangered wildlife, the interior secretary said.
Environmentalists are not happy with President Bush's changes to regulations of the Endangered Species Act.
The final regulations to the Endangered Species Act take effect before President Bush leaves office in January, but 
wildlife conservation groups say undoing the damage could take months.
"The responsibility to initiate consultation will still lie with the federal agency undertaking the action," Interior 
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said, but if the agency in question can satisfy the requirement that no harm will come to an 
endangered species, then there is no need to consult with either the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National 
Marine Fisheries Services.

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