[PCA] NEWS: Endangered Species Act in the news
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Aug 1 11:19:50 CDT 2007
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.
See the link above for the full article text.
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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.
See the link above for the full article text. (Registration may be
required.)
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