[PCA] NEWS: Administration Loosens Species Protections

[Olivia Kwong]

Additional news coverage:

Bush revises protections for endangered species
By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press Writer -- Thu Dec 11, 7:09 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species

Species rule takes short cut
By The Associated Press -- Thu Dec 11, 6:11 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_endangered_species_timeline

Administration undermines endangered species protections, 
environmentalists say
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers -- Thu Dec 11, 5:29 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081211/sc_mcclatchy/3121275

Bush administration takes independent scientific reviews out of Endangered 
Species Act
By Julie Cart -- December 12, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-endangered-species12-2008dec12,0,5944259.story

Bush administration rule changes trouble environmentalists
Chicago Tribune, United States - Dec 12, 2008
By Jim Tankersley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-endangered-protectiondec12,0,4819110.story

Rule Eases a Mandate Under a Law on Wildlife
New York Times, United States - Dec 11, 2008
By FELICITY BARRINGER
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/science/earth/12species.html?ref=science

Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules
CNN International - Dec 11, 2008
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/12/endangered.species/