Condemned Species Act

Friends,

Fuck science. Rape the land and reap the bounties. Are we so supplicant that we will let this assault happen? Our fauna are fucked. They should rename it The Condemned Species Act.

Peace and Love,

Rev O

An Endangered Act New York Times Editorial
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s latest assault on the Endangered Species Act deserves to be struck down.

"The Bush administration has never masked its distaste for most environmental laws or its ambitions to thwart Congress’s will. Now in its waning months, it is trying to undermine the Endangered Species Act."

"The new regulations would overturn one of the act’s most fundamental provisions. Under current rules, federal agencies are required to submit their plans to either the Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service."
"This in effect gives scientists at those agencies the right to say no to any project or, as is most often the case, to require modifications if the project threatens an endangered species. Mr. Kempthorne would now effectively remove these agencies, whose job is to oversee the act, from the process."

"There is now a 30-day comment period, after which the department is likely to issue a final rule. In 2006, courts struck down a similar if narrower effort to give the Environmental Protection Agency authority to approve pesticides without consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service. Mr. Kempthorne’s latest assault deserves a similar fate."

An Endangered Act New York Times Editorial
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s latest assault on the Endangered Species Act deserves to be struck down.