[PCA] NEWS: Endangered Species Act in the news

[Olivia Kwong]

Two articles about ESA:

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070725/ts_csm/aspecies_1

Controversy erupts over Endangered Species Act
By Brad Knickerbocker Wed Jul 25, 4:00 AM ET

>From the day it became law 34 years ago, the federal Endangered Species 
Act has been politically hot -- a flash point of contention between 
defenders of nature and advocates of economic progress. Now, the ESA is 
embroiled in new controversy.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-species5jul05,0,3532473.story?coll=la-home-center

Critics say species list is endangered
Though the bald eagle has rebounded, others are dying off. Critics blame 
an agency that's underfunded and in turmoil.
By Margot Roosevelt, Times Staff Writer
July 5, 2007

The bald eagle may be soaring back from near-extinction, but hundreds of 
other imperiled species are foundering, as the federal agency charged with 
protecting them has sunk into legal, bureaucratic and political turmoil.

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