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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Polarbear, Polarbears, Biogems, Arctic, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, Environmentalism, Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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That Glass is Pretty Full: Why Yesterday's Wolf Ruling is (Mostly) Good News

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Wolf Hunting, Northern Rockies, Idaho, Fish and Wildlife Service, Nrdc, Wolf, Gray Wolves, Wolves, Endangered Species, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Natural Resources Defense Council, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

Yesterday, a judge gave the Obama Administration a chance to start over in protecting wolves. I hope the president seizes it.

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Wild America Creeps Back

Carl Pope | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Salmon, California Drought, Endangered Species Act, Water, Green News
Carl Pope

For eight years under George Bush, America's wilderness faced a systematic assault from the federal government.

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The Water Debate We Are Not Having

Cynthia Koehler | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Salmon, San Joaquin Valley, Drought, California, Salmon Farms, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Cynthia Koehler

Sooner or later California is going to change how it uses water. We can do it before we lose our fish, or after.

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Green News Report - May 12, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Green News, Polar Bears, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Oceans, Green News Report, Coal, Endangered Species Act, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Obama abandons polar bears, but exposes hidden Bush EPA study detailing cancer risks from coal ash; The highest ski run in the world, melted; Plus: The awesome new Clean Coal ringtones you've been waiting for!

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Wanton Predator?

Paula Gordon | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Secretary of the Interior, Wolves, Polar Bears, Biophilia, Ken Salazar, Ecologies, Scat-Wits, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Paula Gordon

The Obama Administration's abandonment of two vital keystone species to a handful of irresponsible killers makes it hard to choose between appalling and outrageous.

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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Government Demands National Wildlife Federation Identify Inside Source

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: James Inhofe, Environment, National Wildlife Federation, Endangered Species Act, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News

WASHINGTON — The inspector general for the Commerce Department is trying to force a prominent environmental group to reveal who leaked the Bush ...

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Obama Restores Endangered Species Protections Weakened During Bush's Last Month in Office

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Press Release, Fish and Wildlife Service, M.S. Bellows, Esa, Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species, Warranted Wiretaps, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Bush, Fws, Nmfs, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

This legislation promises good science now, and for the next 4-8 years; and hopefully restored guarantees of good science later, even under less humane executives than Obama.

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Bush Endangered Species Rule On Hold By Obama

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Commerce Department, Bush Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species, Obama Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged agency heads Tuesday to ignore a Bush administration regulation limiting scientific reviews of project...

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Moving the Ball Forward for Primates, Polar Bears

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Bears, Travis the Chimp, Primates, Endangered Species Act, Chimpanzee Attack, Endangered Animals, Chimpanzees, Animals, Humane Treatment of Animals, Green News
Michael Markarian

The federal government took two major steps today to protect wild animals from cruelty and abuse. The government clearly has a key role to play when it comes to animal conservation.

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I'm Not a Lawyer, but I Play One on TV

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Cronin, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

It is simply incoherent to say that the Endangered Species Act's definition of "species" is "beyond Congress' intent." How do we know? Because Congress wrote the definition.

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Ringling Brothers Accused In Court Of Violating Endangered Species Act

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Circus, Ringling Brothers, Elephants, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Animal Rights, Ringling Brothers Lawsuit, Green News

WASHINGTON — The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. of vio...

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Throwing Wolves to the Wolves

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wolves, Gray Wolves Endangered Species List, Rahm Emanuel, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Great Lakes, Oregon, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Should gray wolves be stripped from the Endangered Species list, they would be subjected to widespread killings at the hands of hostile state wildlife agencies.

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Obama: The Environmental President?

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, Clean Air Act (1990), Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Cap and Trade, Ronald Reagan, Fish & Wildlife Service, George W. Bush, Air Quality, Woodrow Wilson, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, National Park Service, Clean Water Act, Legislation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Diane Feinstein, Theodore Roosevelt, Water Pollution, Richard Nixon, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Oceans, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.

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Bush Administration to Strip Wolves of Federal Protection... Except for Wyoming

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Montana, Environmental Protections, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Esa, Wolves, Northern Rockies, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Bush Endangered Species, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Idaho, Wolf, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

With a viable population of this American icon so close to being a reality, we simply cannot allow the Bush Administration to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as they slink out the door.

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California Sues Bush Administration To Save Endangered Species Act

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 01.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Bush Administration, Jerry Brown, Endangered Species, Bush Midnight Regulations, Bush Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, California, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce...

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Emission Accomplished?

Randall Amster | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, George Bush, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Environment, Bush Legacy, Bush EPA, Climate Change, Bush Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Randall Amster

The third piece of the Bush train-wreck triumvirate in these waning days: increasing pollution... by rolling back Environmental Protection Agency regulations on emissions.

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Unintended Consequences

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Endangered Species, Endangered Species and Environment, Coal, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

When the Bush administration decided that it was not going to use the Endangered Species Act to address global warming someone in the bowels of the administration came up with a clever idea.

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A New Year and a New Environment

Michael DeJong | Posted 01.28.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Low-Flow Showerheads, Car Pool, Falwell, Fuel-Efficient, Faucet Aerators, Big Tent, Cheney, Bureau of Land Management, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Auld Lang Syne, Legacy, Endangered Species Act, Resolutions, Patriotic, Recycling, The Decider, Compassionate Conservatism, New Year’s Eve, Tap Water, Public Transportation, Environment, Rove, Junior, New Year's Commentary, Green News
Michael DeJong

Little measures -- recycling, driving a most fuel-efficient car, walking, biking or using public transit, and installing low-flow shower heads -- can make a huge difference.

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More Midnight Regulations: Endangered Species Act

ProPublica | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Bush Midnight Regulations, Politics News
ProPublica

With just 39 days left in office, the Bush administration has just issued a final rule change on the Endangered Species Act despite the concerns of environmentalists and congressional Democrats.

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We Need Change at Interior, Not More of the Same

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interior Department, Safari Club, Raul Grijalva, Secretary of the Interior, Mike Thompson, Animals, Depatment of the Interior, Nra, Obama Cabinet, Hunting Heritage Award, Federal Parks, Sport Hunting, Obama Administration, Obama Environment, Bear Protection Act, Hunting, Obama Appointments, Obama Animal Rights, U.S. Sportsman Alliance, Sportsmen's Caucus, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation, Endangered Species Act, National Parks, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Obama faces a choice between a new direction that would place environmental conservation above corporate interests, and a pick similar to past selections at the Department of the Interior.

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Not Home Yet: The Terrible Carnage of Bush's Final Days

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, White House, Water Pollution, Doj, Environment, Endangered Species, Hhs, Air Pollution, Endangered Species Act, Bush, Epa, Obama Administration, Bush Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Bush Final Weeks, National Parks, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As if eight long years of hell under Bush were not enough, we now have to suffer this accelerated push to destroy our future in the last days of his reign of terror.

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The Subversion of Irreversibility: Bush's Final Assault on Endangered Species

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Presidential Election, Obama, Endangered Species, Election, Endangered Species Act, Bush, Bush Endangered Species, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Plants and animals currently protected by law from the impacts of dams, highways and other large-scale projects will no longer be if Bush has his way on his way out.

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Help Wolves In Greater Yellowstone

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Wolves, Endangered Species, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Animals, Federal Protection, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Cindy Letchworth

With gray wolf populations estimated to be below 2-3000, scientists believe it will be nearly impossible for the wolves to sustain long-term health should federal protections be lifted.

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