Cheney: Wildlife Conservation Has Been A ‘High Priority’ Of Bush Administration

[n2doc]

Yesterday, Vice President Cheney spoke at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, NV, claiming that the Bush administration has championed wildlife preservation:

As all of you know very well, President Bush made wildlife conservation an early and a high priority of his administration. We’ve carried out that commitment in these eight years — and we’ve been proud to have people like you as partners in the enterprise.

The men and women in this room understand what conservation is all about. It means reverence toward creation, and a commitment to faithful stewardship. It means guarding our spectacular wildlife populations — not just for our own time, but for all time.

In fact, the League of Conservation Voters concludes that the Bush administration “has arguably been the most anti-environmental in our nation’s history.” Some highlights of officials putting special interests over wildlife:

– Rules proposed by the Bush administration would effectively gut the Endangered Species Act, no longer requiring federal agencies to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service to determine whether a project would harm an endangered species.

more:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/04/cheney-wildlife/

[NNadir]

1. What's he doing out of his undisclosed location?

[diane in sf]

2. Oh please...

[XemaSab]

3. Here's a hint:

The "conservation" movement is not the same as the modern environmental movements.