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Judge: Climate Change Imperils Wolverines and Feds Must Act
ABC News ^
| April 4, 2016
| By MATTHEW BROWN
Posted on 04/06/2016 12:32:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Obama administration brushed over the threat that climate change poses to the snow-loving wolverine when it denied protections for the elusive predator, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ordered wildlife officials to act as quickly as possible to protect the species as it becomes vulnerable to a warming planet. Wolverines need deep mountain snows to den, and scientists warn that such habitat will shrink as Earth heats up.
The ruling comes two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected the views of many of its own scientists and decided not to protect the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act, saying the effects of climate change on the animals remained ambiguous.
The judge said in his 85-page order that the "time is now" to take action to protect the wolverine.
"No greater level of certainty is needed to see the writing on the wall for this snow-dependent species squarely in the path of climate change," Christensen wrote.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; climategate; doomage; envirowhackos; globalwarminghoax; hoax; marxism; skunkbear; socialism; wildlife; wolverines
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"Honorable" Dana L. Christensen, nominated by Barack Obama, received commission December 6, 2011.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yup, science illiterate judges are sooooo smart.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:34:27 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Amazing how money is poured into a theoretical idea.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:35:36 PM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought it was the Cubans & Russians?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I always thought it was poisonous Buckeye Nuts that endangered them......😀
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:36:04 PM PDT
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How did the wolverine make it through the Medieval warming period when it was MUCH warmer than now? This judge thinks that the ESA gives her the authority to overthrow the entire economy for an animal? Disgusting.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:36:32 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What about the poor starving polar bears, doesn’t anyone care? People must be forced if necessary to take them in and give them shelter from the terrrible heat melting the planet!
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:37:22 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Climate Change Imperils Wolverines
Is that what they're calling him these days?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen: Moron.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:40:03 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
his 85-page order Every last page paid for by you and me.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The most “honorable” thing to do would be to KMFA Dana.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:41:51 PM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dana must not have paid attention to last years Winter Weather in Michigan or see the Headline for Michigan Weather (- 9 Degrees Temp) for yesterday morning.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:42:48 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Let the wolverines move in with the judge.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:43:43 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
To: MotorCityBuck
While they may be poisonous, Buckeye nuts are far too small to cause harm, even to a laboratory amoeba.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:45:37 PM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
With all due respect to the referenced judge, please consider the following.
The states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific powers to either regulate PC global warming issues, or to define and protect endangered animal species.
To: Mich Patriot
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:57:36 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The ruling comes two years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected the views of many of its own scientists and decided not to protect the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act, saying the effects of climate change on the animals remained ambiguous.
Members of the weasel family are survivors, and as the largest member of the weasel family, the wolverine is more than capable of taking care of itself. I doubt a little less snow would slow down these ferocious little animals at all.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How is the government going to increase the snowfall in wolverine habitat?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I vote that the judge be ordered to house 15 wolverines in her garage for a year. I’m sure she’ll get along just peachy with the little darlins.
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04/06/2016 1:02:28 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Dump The Rump)
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