WP: Rewrite of Endangered Species Law Approved

[DeepModem Mom]

Rewrite of Endangered Species Law Approved
House to Vote Soon; Senate Could in 2006

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 23, 2005; Page A02


Setting the stage for the most sweeping restructuring of endangered species protections in three decades, the House Resources Committee yesterday approved legislation that would strengthen the hand of private property owners and make it harder for federal officials to set aside large swaths of habitat for imperiled plants and animals.

Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.), who has sought to revamp the Endangered Species Act for more than a decade, said the bill would make the landmark 32-year-old law more effective.

"The whole underlying premise of what we're trying to do is recover species," Pombo said, adding that his measure would ensure "individual property owners are not forced to shoulder the financial burden of conserving endangered species for all Americans."

GOP leaders are eager to move the bill and it is expected to pass by a comfortable margin next week. The question remains whether Senate Republicans, who have begun hearings on the issue but have yet to introduce legislation, can pass a bill that would allow the two chambers to reach a compromise next year.

Many Democrats, as well as some Republicans and an array of environmental groups, have voiced concern about Pombo's measure and suggested it would not pass as it now stands....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/AR2005092202099.html

[burrowowl]

1. Call your Senators!

Early tomorrow (23)!

[SnoopDog]

2. Perty soon, there will be no animals left on earth...

except coo coo rach ahs (not even humans by the way....)

[merwin]

3. So you recover species by not allowing them to live?

Wow, that's a feat.

[FloridaPat]

4. Where the hell are the Democrats?

[nosmokes]

5. with their lips firmly planted on corporate asses.

check out the democratic party web page. there is no mention of the environment. just one reason the democratic party no longer speaks for me, and why i'm now a green.

[sandnsea]

6. Arctic Refuge Rally?

It was held Tuesday and there was NO interest around here. A host of Dems were at that rally, from Kucinich to Markey to Clinton to Kerry. Even RFK, Jr. All anybody pays attention to is who is saying vile words about Bush.

[LifeDuringWartime]

7. is there any hope anymore? n/t

[Dem2theMax]

8. Yep.

For someone to drop the big one on us and get it over with quickly.
This day by day killing of America and the planet is killing me.

[enough]

9. kick

[blindpig]

10. This is the last straw for me.

Not even the pretense of giving a shit. We are going to hell, deservedly so.

[doubleplusgood]

11. the "Final Solution" for the endanged species "problem"

[The2ndWheel]

12. Good for them

It's about damn time those animals pay for the free ride they've been getting. How can the human species expand and realize it's full potential if we have to worry about some titmouse in a grassy field somewhere?

I really can't wait for civilization to collapse. It just doesn't work. We fight against nature. We fight the same power game with each other over and over again. Taxes, no taxes. Business, government. Regulation, no regulation. Race, class, retirement. Worker safety, we need profit.

Just end it. Don't care if I starve in the process. So be it.