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Medicine Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Bald Eagle

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Santo Domingo Pueblo, Martin Aguilar, Video, Fish and Wildlife Service, Kewa Pueblo Medicine Man, Bald Eagles Killed, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Bald Eagle, Animals, Green News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Kewa Pueblo medicine man faces prison and steep fines for killing and plucking bald eagles in violation of the Bald and Golden ...

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Repeal the Lacey Act? Hell No, Make It Stronger

Henry Juszkiewicz | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Gibson Guitars, Lacey Act, Illegal Wood Imports, Fish and Wildlife Service, Gibson Guitar Wood Imports, Gibson Guitars Lacey Act, Gibson Guitars Investigation, Gibson Guitars Raid, Green News

On August 24, agents from the Fish and Wildlife Service raided the facilities of my company, Gibson Guitar. The raid has ignited a furious debate around a seminal environmental protection statute -- the Lacey Act.

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Ex-Bush Official: Cutting Science Puts U.S. At 'Distinct Disadvantage'

Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Raymond Orbach, India, Scientific Research Institutions, Budget Cuts, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, University of Texas, George W Bush, Tea Party, China, John Seffrin, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON: Proposed budget cuts to scientific research institutions would put the United States at an economic disadvantage with China and India, a...

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Could a Massive Dam Between Alaska and Russia Save the Arctic?

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fish and Wildlife Service, Climate Change, Polar Bears, Bering Strait, Alaska, Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska' Arctic, Global Warming, Offshore Oil, Sean Parnell, Melting Arctic, Arctic, Green News

Scientists have for decades proposed mastering the elements to control the weather. But is tinkering with the Arctic Ocean -- the world's air conditioner -- by building a dam across the Bering Strait really a good idea?

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But What Does the Panther Think?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Panthers, Endangered Species, Florida, Fish and Wildlife Service, Climate Disruption, Green News

Florida's state animal is in real danger of joining California's -- the California grizzly -- as an emblem of extinction.

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Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Protection Creates Controversy On Front Range (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Front Range, Slideshow, Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, Colorado, Denver News

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Wednesday to nearly double the size of the protected habitat of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, an endang...

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BioBlitz: An Answer to Government Inaction

Nicole Rosmarino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gale Norton, Bald Eagles, Fish and Wildlife Service, Environment, Department of Interior, Endangered Species, Ken Salazar, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Denver News

With a lawsuit yesterday, and a petition today, we've begun actions for species across the nation to force Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to use our endangered species law.

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Colorado Endangered Species List May Expand

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lynx, Rocky Mountain National Park, George Bush, American Pika, Fish and Wildlife Service, Wolverine, Colorado, Endagrered Species, Ken Salazar, Denver News

From wolverines to black-tailed prairie dogs, dozens of species here and across the nation are being re-evaluated for possible threatened or endangere...

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

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

Doug Obegi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rain, Low-Flow Showerheads, Drought, Water Demands, Natural Resources Defense Council, California, Fish and Wildlife Service, Precipitation, Orange County, Snow, Water, Nrdc, Toilets, Levees, Environment, Green News

California is at a crossroads; it can either follow its old course toward drought and an insufficient drinking water supply, or it can commit to a new, smart-water solution for the 21st century.

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US proposes protecting 7 penguin species

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Species, Penguins, Climate Change Penguins, Climate Change, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Environment, President Bush, President Obama, Fish and Wildlife Service, Antarctica, The March of the Penguins, Green News

WASHINGTON — Seven penguin species have reason to have happy feet: The Bush administration is moving to protect them. But three other types of p...

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More Midnight Regulations: Endangered Species Act

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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CA Atty. Gen. Calls on Bush Admin. to Abandon Endangered Species Changes

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Bush Administration, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Green News

The Bush administration wants to alter many environmental rules before it leaves office. The changes could put "entire species and ecosystems at risk for complete destruction," says Jerry Brown.

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Companies Get OK To Annoy Polar Bears

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polar Bear, Polar Bear Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Services Polar Bear, Polar Bear Annoy, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil...

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