[PCA] NEWS: Calif. sues to block Bush endangered species rules

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_us/endangered_species_lawsuit

Calif. sues to block Bush endangered species rules
By Samantha Young, Associated Press Writer -- Tue Dec 30, 5:07 pm ET

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California is suing the Bush administration to block 
last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce 
input from federal scientists, state Attorney General Jerry Brown 
announced Tuesday.

Brown said the president is trying to gut the Endangered Species Act 
before he leaves office next month.

"Unfortunately, the Bush administration has had an antipathy to using 
sound science," Brown said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. 
"This is the latest assault as Bush goes out the door. It's intolerable."

The lawsuit was filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

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