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 Stories About: marine life AND politics AND Washington
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Pesticidal
EPA Sued Over Consultations With Pesticide Industry Group |
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16 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Pesticidal EPA Sued Over Consultations With Pesticide Industry Group Fourteen leading chemical companies have formed a task force that is meeting in secret with the U.S. EPA, attempting to weaken endangered species rules relating to pesticide use -- so charges a lawsuit filed against the EPA on Thursday by a coalition of Seattle-based environmental groups. The lawsuit ... |
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| Topics: marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, toxics, US EPA, Washington (all these topics) |
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Willy Wonks
Judge Orders Feds to Reconsider Protections for Puget Sound Orcas |
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18 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Willy Wonks Judge Orders Feds to Reconsider Protections for Puget Sound Orcas The Bush administration's environmental policies are taking a beating from the judicial branch this week. Not only did a federal court yesterday reject a plan to allow snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Glacier national parks; today, a different federal judge struck down the administration's decision not to extend Endangered Species Act protections ... |
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| Topics: marine life, politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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Smoked Salmon Plan
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08 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Smoked Salmon Plan The Bush administration will have to rethink its salmon-management plan in the Columbia River Basin, following a federal court ruling yesterday that found the current plan inadequate to protect the endangered species and reduce the negative impact of hydroelectric dams. The ruling marks a major triumph for environmentalists and a serious blow to the White House ... |
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| Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, marine life, politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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Morgue of Orca
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19 Dec 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Morgue of Orca Environmental organizations sued the U.S. government yesterday for failing to grant protections under the Endangered Species Act to orcas in Washington state's Puget Sound. The population of orcas in the region has declined almost 20 percent since 1996. Earlier this year, the National Marine Fisheries Service acknowledged that the region's orcas were at risk of becoming extinct, but said the population was ... |
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| Topics: marine life, politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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Hatching a New Plan
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20 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Hatching a New Plan In the first systematic attempt to reform Washington State's fish-hatchery system -- the world's largest -- the Hatchery Scientific Review Group issued a report yesterday recommending the closure of one Puget Sound-area hatchery and alterations for 22 others. The salmon born in Washington State's 100-plus hatcheries are thought to pose a threat to wild salmon because t ... |
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| Topics: fishing, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, Washington (all these topics) |
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