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Endangered homo sapiens.(Between The Lines)
ITEM: The Endangered Species Act, maintains The Olympian (Wash.)for January 6, "has strong public support. In a Lou Harris & Associates poll commissioned by The Olympian several years ago, 71 percent of the adults surveyed called the act some what to very effective in protecting plants and animals from extinction.... Despite strong public support, the act has its fair share of critics, too. We've all heard of examples where the presence of an endangered species has held up or threatened some sort of land-development project. Usually, compromises are reached...."
BETWEEN THE LINES: Putting aside the fact that pollsters often design their surveys to get the results they want, one wonders if the public really knows that there were only 78 species supposedly threatened with extinction in 1967, as compared to more than 1,800 deemed endangered or threatened today. Fewer than three dozen have been removed from a list of more than 1,000 "endangered" species. Case Western Professor Jonathan Adler notes, "Of the first 27 species removed from the endangered species list, at least one-third were delisted due to scientific errors. Either the species was misidentified or miscounted."
Rather than promoting trade-offs, the law has been used as an inflexible weapon against development. Mountain States Legal Foundation attorney Christopher Massey told the Denver Post it has gone ...
- Pelosi Statement on Endangered Species Act.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 20, 2005 700+ words
...environmental groups to discuss the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and present 170...elected officials about the Endangered Species Act. We need to raise awareness...the country because the Endangered Species Act itself should be on the...
- Experts date effectiveness of Endangered Species Act.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Borenstein, Seth December 24, 1998 700+ words
WASHINGTON _ When the Endangered Species Act became law 25 years ago...extinct, they crow. ``The Endangered Species Act is keeping the wild alive...legitimate recovery under the Endangered Species Act,'' he said. Advocates...
- Attorney advises pesticide industry to prepare for further ESA...
- Newspaper article from: Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News Pearl, Larry March 19, 2007 700+ words
...impact of about 60 pesticides on 11 endangered species in the San Francisco Bay watershed...calls upon EPA to begin a full scale Endangered Species Act (ESA) evaluation for each of 11 endangered species and about 60 pesticides in the San...
- MODERNIZE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 21, 2004 700+ words
...Baca Votes To Modernize Endangered Species Act Baca amendment addresses...voted to modernize the Endangered Species Act today to save communities...endangered species. "The Endangered Species Act is a broken law, with only...
- LAW TO SAVE SPECIES COUNTS SUCCESSES, FAILURES IN 25 YEARS; PROTECTION,...
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune Thomson, Rod December 28, 1998 700+ words
...mixed legacy of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), which turns 25...That is because of the Endangered Species Act." Not all environmentalists...Our endangered species The Endangered Species Act was approved by Congress...
- The scope of federal authority under the Endangered Species Act: implications...
- Magazine article from: Albany Law Review Fleming, Jacalyn R. December 22, 2001 700+ words
...One example of this is the Endangered Species Act (ESA). (4) Prior to...introduces the key parts of the Endangered Species Act that apply to private land...early example of how the Endangered Species Act and its requirement for...
- World-Renowned Scientists Caution Senate on Endangered Species Protection;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 17, 2005 700+ words
...Senate to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, rather than heed industry...finality of extinction. "The Endangered Species Act represents our nation...failed to note that the Endangered Species Act has been a phenomenal success...
- Factors affecting species' risk of extinction: an empirical analysis of ESA and...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Economic Policy Laband, David N. Nieswiadomy, Michael January 1, 2006 700+ words
...States: (1) listings of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA, 1973), and (2) listings of...S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Act (ESA). At issue is whether the factors...
- Babbitt's ecobabble. (Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's alternative solution...
- Magazine article from: National Review Sugg, Ike C. September 20, 1993 700+ words
...concept as a way to escape the absolutism of the Endangered Species Act, which has become a regulatory straitjacket for...drastic reform, if not outright repeal, of the Endangered Species Act. But to understand why politicians need protection...
- Recovered.(News)(United States. Fish and Wildlife Service)(Endangered Species...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs August 13, 2007 700+ words
...numbers to be removed from the list of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The eagle first gained federal...the eagle was officially removed from the endangered species list last week. We wish it a good flight...
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