[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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