[PCA] NEWS: Endangered Species Act Changes Give Agencies More Say

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Aug 12 08:15:17 CDT 2008


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102299.html?hpid=topnews

Endangered Species Act Changes Give Agencies More Say
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 12, 2008; Page A01

The Bush administration yesterday proposed a regulatory overhaul of the 
Endangered Species Act to allow federal agencies to decide whether 
protected species would be imperiled by agency projects, eliminating the 
independent scientific reviews that have been required for more than three 
decades.

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