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NEWS ABOUT: Dirk Kempthorne

Dirk Kempthorne stories: 2 news summaries

Federal Changes Threaten Endangered Species: Critics

Feds can dodge review under rule changes

Aug 12, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are raising an alarm over planned White House changes to the Endangered Species Act, reports the Oregonian. The modifications would give federal agencies such as the US Forest Service more leeway to decide whether activities such as logging would harm endangered species—and such determinations would no longer be... More »

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conservation • greenhouse gases • global warming • salmon • US Fish and Wildlife Service • Endangered Species Act • polar bear • logging • Dirk Kempthorne • Earthjustice • National Wildlife Federation

Senator Blasts 'Foot-Dragging' on Protecting Polar Bear

Feds delay decision due within 1 year

Mar 21, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the... More »

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Alaska • Endangered Species Act • polar bear • Barbara Boxer • Chukchi Sea • secretary of the Interior • Dirk Kempthorne • Senate Committee on Environment • oil and gas leases

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