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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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.
1 posted on 04/06/2016 12:32:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yup, science illiterate judges are sooooo smart.


2 posted on 04/06/2016 12:34:27 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Amazing how money is poured into a theoretical idea.


3 posted on 04/06/2016 12:35:36 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought it was the Cubans & Russians?


4 posted on 04/06/2016 12:35:49 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I always thought it was poisonous Buckeye Nuts that endangered them......😀
5 posted on 04/06/2016 12:36:04 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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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.


6 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.)
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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!


7 posted on 04/06/2016 12:37:22 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Climate Change Imperils Wolverines

Is that what they're calling him these days?


8 posted on 04/06/2016 12:38:51 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen: Moron.


9 posted on 04/06/2016 12:40:03 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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his 85-page order

Every last page paid for by you and me.

10 posted on 04/06/2016 12:41:44 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The most “honorable” thing to do would be to KMFA Dana.


11 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)
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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.
12 posted on 04/06/2016 12:42:48 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let the wolverines move in with the judge.


13 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)
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To: MotorCityBuck

While they may be poisonous, Buckeye nuts are far too small to cause harm, even to a laboratory amoeba.


14 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)
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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.


15 posted on 04/06/2016 12:50:52 PM PDT by Amendment10
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16 posted on 04/06/2016 12:55:27 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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17 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.)
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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.
18 posted on 04/06/2016 12:59:12 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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How is the government going to increase the snowfall in wolverine habitat?


19 posted on 04/06/2016 1:02:23 PM PDT by Captain Compassion
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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.


20 posted on 04/06/2016 1:02:28 PM PDT by Antoninus (Dump The Rump)
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