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The Endangered Endangered Species Act

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
18 November 2004 - 2:00pm

The 30-year old Endangered Species Act may face sweeping changes.

"Business leaders, top Bush officials, and many Republicans in Congress have been arguing for the past four years, if not longer, that this cornerstone environmental law is outdated and ineffective, in particular its critical-habitat provision, which constrains development in certain biologically sensitive areas deemed necessary to species rehabilitation."

Full Story: Kick the Habitat
Source: Grist Magazine, November 17, 2004
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