[PCA] NEWS: Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Mar 3 18:33:19 CST 2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/endangered.species.act/index.html
Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama on Tuesday overturned a last-minute
Bush administration regulation that many environmentalists claim weakened
the Endangered Species Act.
The regulation, issued a few weeks before George W. Bush left office, made
it easier for federal agencies to skip consultations with government
scientists before launching projects that could affect endangered
wildlife.
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