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Boxer Beefs
Sen. Boxer none too happy about feds' attack on ESA |
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15 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:35 PM on 15 Aug 2008 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wrote a letter Friday to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne expressing "great concern" over the Bush administration's sneaky attack on the Endangered Species Act. The change would allow federal agencies to green-light many projects with no independent review of impact on endangered species -- which, uh, kind of defeats the purpose. Boxer asked that the feds &q ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, politics, regulation, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Beyond the Palin
Alaska will sue over polar-bear listing |
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22 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:07 PM on 22 May 2008 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will sue the Interior Department over its decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species. "We believe that the listing was unwarranted and that it's unprecedented to list a currently healthy population based on uncertain climate models," says Alaska Assistant Attorney General Steven Daugherty. To green groups, that argument is, shall we say, unimpressive. &quo ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change skepticism, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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The Sound of Two Paws Clapping
Green groups sue over polar bear listing |
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20 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:56 AM on 20 May 2008 In entirely expected news, green groups have sued over the Interior Department's listing of the polar bear as a threatened species -- or, more accurately, over Interior's caveats that the listing not be used as a means to fight global warming. The Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and NRDC say the bears should be listed as endangered instead of threatened, and that the listing sho ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, polar bears, politics (all these topics) |
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Threat Laid Bear
Polar bears threatened, but drilling in their habitat still OK, says Interior |
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14 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:47 AM on 14 May 2008 Polar bears are a threatened species, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday -- but that doesn't mean we can't drill in their habitat! The "threatened" designation means the bear could become endangered if conservation steps aren't taken; it puts polar bears on the endangered-species list but in effect allows Interior to pick and choose which ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, polar bears, politics, progress (all these topics) |
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May of Reckoning
Polar-bear listing decision must be made by May 15, says judge |
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29 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:55 AM on 29 Apr 2008 The last time we checked in with the laggardly Interior Department, it was saying it needed until June 30 to decide whether to place polar bears on the endangered-species list. But the department had better find its Decider Pants soon, as a federal judge has sided with green groups to impose a new deadline of May 15. "Other than the general complexity of finalizing the rule, def ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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P is for Procrastination
Polar bear listing decision delayed, again |
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18 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:22 AM on 18 Apr 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it needs 10 more weeks to decide whether to list polar bears as a threatened or endangered species. The agency's self-imposed deadline is now June 30; the original deadline was Jan. 9. The USFWS says it needs time to review the legal and policy implications of a listing, but litigious greens suspect the delay may have something to do with the ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, polar bears (all these topics) |
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Law & Order: Species Victims Unit
Green group files lawsuit to protect 681 species |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:00 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Environmentalists filed suit last week against the U.S. Interior Department, seeking to force the agency to review and issue findings on the status of 681 species vulnerable to extinction. WildEarth Guardians, which filed the suit, contends that the Bush administration has deliberately stalled Endangered Species Act listing decisions to appease developers and other interests; ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, United States (all these topics) |
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White and NRDC
Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue |
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10 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:02 AM on 10 Mar 2008 Let's check in on the latest polar bear shenanigans, shall we? Two months after deadline, the Interior Department still has made no decision on whether Ursus maritimus should be listed as a threatened species. Spurred by a critical letter from environmental groups, the agency's inspector general has begun preliminary inquiries into why the decision is taking so long. Greenpeace, the C ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Bear With Us
Green groups sue over delay in polar-bear endangered-species decision |
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01 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:13 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Environmental and native groups have sued -- as they are wont to do -- in an attempt to force the Interior Department to rethink its decision to sell oil and gas leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, which is prime polar bear habitat. The lease sale by the department's Minerals Management Service is scheduled to go ahead next week; meanwhile, another agency in the department, the Fish a ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Polar Vault
Decision on whether to list polar bears as a threatened species is delayed |
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07 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:51 AM on 07 Jan 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, expected to announce on Wednesday its decision about whether to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, has announced instead that it will miss that deadline. The agency said it hopes to make a recommendation to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne within the next month, after continued analysis of scientific data a ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Crony Loves Chukchi
Bush administration will offer oil leases in prime polar-bear habitat |
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02 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:50 PM on 02 Jan 2008 The U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service plans to offer offshore oil and gas drilling rights to 29.7 million acres of Alaska's Chukchi Sea. The area is home to one of two U.S. polar bear populations; interestingly enough, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- also a part of the Interior Department -- is within days of deciding whether to list the polar bea ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, news, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Give a Hoot, Don't Uproot
Interior Department urged to redo recovery plan for spotted owl |
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03 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:15 PM on 03 Oct 2007 Was the Interior Department's recovery plan for the northern spotted owl watered down because of political pressure to favor logging interests? Six peer reviews of the plan (five of them funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) suggest yes. So do 113 scientists who sent a letter yesterday asking the Interior Department to rewrite its draft plan, which favored shooting ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, habitat loss, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Friday Never Felt So Right
Interior officials messed with science, say witnesses at House hearing |
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11 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Friday Never Felt So Right Interior officials messed with science, say witnesses at House hearing Think you've had a rough week? Imagine how the U.S. Interior Department feels. This week saw a heated House hearing in which activists and former officials testified about Interior's nasty habit of meddling with science. "This is an agency that seems focused on one goal: weakening ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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The Polar Excise
U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate |
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16 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Polar Excise U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate Remember when U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced that the agency would propose listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act? And he said that, while the bears' home was indeed melting, "that whole aspect of climate change is beyon ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, Russia (all these topics) |
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It Just Gets In the Way
U.S. Interior considering revamp of Endangered Species Act, draft shows |
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28 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| It Just Gets In the Way U.S. Interior considering revamp of Endangered Species Act, draft shows Last week, a U.S. Interior Department memo quietly changed where endangered species are protected. Now it seems the feds have been giving the Endangered Species Act an even broader rethink. A leaked draft shows that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has toyed with shifti ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics) |
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You'll Be Fine, Yogi
Yellowstone-area grizzly bears lose Endangered Species Act protection |
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23 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| You'll Be Fine, Yogi Yellowstone-area grizzly bears lose Endangered Species Act protection The U.S. Interior Department will remove Yellowstone-area grizzlies from Endangered Species Act protection, putting management of bears that live outside the park in the hands of state officials in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. And by "management," of course, we mean killin'. The region's bear count has swell ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news (all these topics) |
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The Endangered Endangered Species Act
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29 May 2003 |
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| The Endangered Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act is so cash-strapped that it is effectively "broken," the Interior Department announced yesterday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service blamed the financial trouble on the act's "critical habitat" provision, which requires federal agencies to consult wit ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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