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Endangered Species Act Under Attack

August 15th, 2008 Posted by Larry Hogue in Endangered Species

In its never-ending war on the natural world, the Bush Administration has proposed rules that would gut the Endangered Species Act, one of our nation’s prime defenses against abuse of nature, whether that abuse is carried out by the government, corporations, recreational groups, property owners, or other groups.

Daniel Patterson has a great blog post about it, and the Center for Biological Diversity has an easy way for you to take action.

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