Obama to shelve Bush species rule, sources say [Another economic body blow from Obama]

MSNBC.com/AP ^ | 3/3/09

[dirtboy]

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama was set to make a speech Tuesday at the Interior Department, where sources said he would shelve a Bush-era rule that critics say weakened protections for threatened and endangered species.

In December, the Bush administration finalized regulations that allow agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm animals and plants listed under the Endangered Species Act.

The Bush-era rule reduces the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have performed for 35 years. It also prohibits federal agencies from assessing a project's contribution to global warming when they evaluate its effect on species.

[txnativegop]

Obama will use the Endangered Species Act. To Usurp Property Rights.

[dirtboy]

So on one hand, Obama rams the Stimulus package through with no time to review it because of the need to speed projects up.

And now he turns around and rescinds this rule that will slow them down.

[Tarpon]

Environmentalism, the new home of the world’s communists.

[ConservaTexan]

Shovel ready project...Not so fast!

This is just another move by the B0 administration to crater the economy.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Obama will use the Endangered Species Act. To Usurp Property Rights."

That's already being done.

[Uri’el-2012]

Environmentalism, the new home of the world’s communists.

Watermelons: Green on the outside, Red on the inside.

[pallis]

This will stop oil and gas production and expansion in Alaska. Marxism is all about he destruction of America.

The State’s Rights movement needs to gain momentum and support now.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“economic body blow from Obama”

psht. “economy”. those are just like daily tracking polls.

/s

[txnativegop]

yes, but it will be vastly accelerated now.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

this should help get those stimulus infrastructure jobs flowing...(sarcasm)

[AuntB]

It won’t be long until he turns over the environmental exclusion to build the border fence, will it?

[steelyourfaith]

"It also prohibits federal agencies from assessing a project's contribution to global warming when they evaluate its effect on species."

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[1010RD]

The nature of the world is extinction. Why do we need a specific species? What has happened before when a species disappeared?

An Endangered Family Act might be reasonable, but species?

Thanks, Nixon.

[1010RD]

Roger that.

[beethovenfan]

We have seen endangered species, and they are us.

[bk1000]

“Obama will use the Endangered Species Act. To Usurp Property Rights.”

Any landowner who finds an endangered species on his land should shoot, shovel, and shut up.

[mojitojoe]

Obama will use the Endangered Species Act. To Usurp Property Rights.
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BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sportutegrl]

It is shovel ready. (Shoot, shovel, and shut up).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks geo.

Obama reverses Bush change to Endangered Species Act
McClatchy Newspapers | March 3, 2009 | Renee Schoof
Posted on 03/03/2009 5:34:33 PM PST by george76
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2198605/posts