Monday, August 11th, 2008
Is it 2009 yet?
ThinkProgress: The Bush Administration’s Plan To Make The Endangered Species Act Extinct
Today, the AP reports on new draft rules being proposed by the Bush administration to gut the Endangered Species Act. This would be the biggest change to the groundbreaking legislation since 1988, and would not require the approval of Congress.
Currently, federal agencies are required to consult with an independent agency — the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or the National Marine Fisheries Service — to determine whether a project would harm an endangered species. The AP reports that under the new rules, agencies would simply be able to “decide for themselves[.]”
I’m sure that the Developers’ Lobby is popping the corks on their champagne bottles upon hearing this decision. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson just creamed his pants.
You know, when I was a student at Carnegie Mellon, one of the student organizations was known for promoting the "theory" that "CMU hates grass." The "theory" attempted to explain why there are no trees on the Wean/Doherty side of The Mall on campus. It went like this:
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CMU hates grass.
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Trees are just big grass.
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Therefore, CMU hates trees.
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Thus, the Doherty/Wean trees must die. QED.
So by this "logic," I guess we can say that The Most Holy George W. Christ hates endangered species. QED.
But it’s just the latest evidence that Bush and the GOP hate science.
