[MPWG] NEWS: Administration Loosens Species Protections

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103392.html?hpid=artslot

Administration Loosens Species Protections
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 12, 2008; Page A10

The Interior Department yesterday finalized rules changing the way it 
administers the Endangered Species Act, enabling other government agencies to 
decide on their own whether a project would harm an imperiled species without 
an independent scientific review.

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