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  • March 2008

    • Endangered Species Listings Plummeting Under Bush

      Washington Post  |  Mar 23, 08 5:30 AM CDT

      Endangered Species Listings Plummeting Under Bush

      (Newser) - The Bush administration for years has quietly established obstacles to listing new animals and plants on the endangered species list, the Washington Post reports. A total of only 59 domestic species have made it onto the list in the past seven years, compared to 58 each year under Bush's father and 62 per year under Bill Clinton. Critics charge that Bush appointees have barred staffers from using information that would support new listings and have ignored scientific advisers. More »

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      George W. Bush  • endangered species  • extinction  • endangered species list  • Interior Department  • sockeye salmon

  • February 2008

    • Feds to Allow Guns Inside National Parks

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 23, 08 11:57 AM CST

      Feds to Allow Guns Inside National Parks

      (Newser) - The federal government is preparing to loosen a ban on bringing loaded guns into national parks, reports the Los Angeles Times . The NRA has been pushing for the ban to be eased, saying it violates the right to bear arms and puts citizens at risk of attack from savage wild animals—and humans. Others say letting guns in would spoil the park experience. More »

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      gun  • gun control  • NRA  • national park  • Interior Department

    • US to List Polar Bears as Endangered

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 3, 08 7:13 AM CST

      US to List Polar Bears as Endangered

      (Newser) - The US Department of the Interior is expected this week to change the polar bear's conservation status from "vulnerable" to "endangered"—which would make the animals the first species officially recognized as victims of global warming. The year-old proposal concerning the appealing predators would give conservationists a better chance at combating greenhouse gas emissions, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

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      list  • global warming  • endangered species  • polar bear  • Endangered Species Act  • Interior Department

  • September 2007

    • US Oil Program Troubled: Report

      New York Times  |  Sep 26, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      US Oil Program Troubled: Report

      (Newser) - An Interior Department report has found that the internal program responsible for collecting $10 billion per year from companies that drill on US land is plagued by unethical practices and mismanagement. The report cited “profound failure,” and said the agency—which is years behind in its billing—wasn’t sufficiently independent from oil and gas companies, the New York Times reports. More »

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      oil  • gas  • Interior Department

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Eagle Flies Off 'Threatened' List

      Bloomberg  |  Jun 28, 07 3:32 PM CDT

      Eagle Flies Off 'Threatened' List

      (Newser) - The national bird is no longer threatened with extinction, an achievement the Interior Department celebrated today by letting a bald eagle frolic in the skies above the Jefferson Memorial. Thanks in large part to conservation laws, the number of nesting pairs has grown more than 20-fold since 1963; the bird had been threatened (in less peril than endangered) since 1995. More »

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      list  • environment  • animal  • endangered species  • conservation  • hunting  • pesticide  • Interior Department

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