bush is trying to kill every living thing before he leaves office

[CitizenPatriot]

bush (no, he's not the endganered species -- you wish) is up to his same old bs -- trying to make sure the environment and the animals have NO fuc*ing chance of survival before he leaves office.

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/08/20/endangered_species_act/

snip;

it was easy to miss the Bush administration's stealth attack on the Endangered Species Act last week. A proposed regulation would simply eliminate independent scientific reviews that have been required for over 30 years.

"I have been working on the Endangered Species Act for 15 years and have never seen such a sneaky attack," declared John Kostyack, executive director of wildlife conservation and global warming at the National Wildlife Federation.

In a proposal, first reported by the Associated Press, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service would no longer have input into the actions of many other federal agencies in evaluating projects that could impact endangered species.

CUT

they aren't accpeting emails about this and they are only giving us 30 days instead of 90 to be heard. tools. Please join in this fight if you can.


submit via:

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments or materials concerning this proposed rule in one of the following ways:

(1) Through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions on the website for submitting comments.

here is their almost hidden link:

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=SubmitComment&o=09000064806c5826


(2) By U.S. mail or hand-delivery to Public Comment Processing, Attention: 1018-AT50, Division of Policy and Directives Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222, Arlington, VA 22203. We will not accept e-mail or faxes. We will post all comments on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any personal information you provide us (see the Public Comments section below for more information).


SAMPLE LETTER

I am writing to voice my opposition to a proposed regulation,
and <0808011023-81048-01>, that would significantly
weaken the Endangered Species Act.

These proposed changes would drastically limit our nation's ability to
protect our most endangered wildlife -- from polar bears and wolves to
whooping cranes and whales. Under current law, before moving forward with
projects like a dam or a mine, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service biologists give input and advice about impacts on
endangered species. The proposal would instead allow agencies to decide a
project's level of harm themselves, removing the step where expert advice is
offered.

A real-time example of why this system of scientific checks and balances is
so important: a report by biologists at the National Marine Fisheries
Service found that three EPA-approved pesticides are causing serious harm to
endangered stocks of west coast salmon. This review was triggered under the
very section of the Endangered Species Act that the Bush administration is
now hoping to undo.

The proposed regulation is also intended to stop consideration of global
warming impacts on species that are imperiled by climate change. Species
like polar bears, salmon, and many others are harmed through the numerous
actions that incrementally are driving climate change. Turning a blind eye
to this kind of analysis has no basis in the law and makes no sense as a
matter of policy.

Also troubling, the administration seems to be working to keep the public
out of the decision-making process by limiting the comment period to just 30
days. At a minimum, the public comment period should be extended to 120
days.

Animals on the brink of extinction need consideration and protection. To
ensure the future of our most vulnerable species, we should continue the
requirement for independent scientific review and abandon these proposed
changes.


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thank you for reading and fighting!

[Virginia Dare]

1. We're like so much brush on his ranch...n/t

[Sancho]

2. He is a psychopath...

amazing that the world hasn't figured it out.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. And the only thing left will be . . .

. . . Dick Cheney.

[CitizenPatriot]

4. thanks everyone for the quick recs!!! stop the murder of our planet! n/t

[Lorien]

5. I wish that Obama would say something about this

It's pissing off a lot of people on the Left AND the Right!

[Hissyspit]

6. kick n/t

[Az_lefty]

7. like a child throwing a tantrum...God I can't wait until he's gone.

[CitizenPatriot]

8. thanks everyone

I think there might be one or two living creatures still left, but during the maze of trying to find the link to write these tools, I felt like we lost a few more. How unbelievable -- they make it so damn hard to even write them.

hang on, Polar Bears.... we're writing...