Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama on Tuesday overturned a last-minute Bush administration regulation that many environmentalists claim weakened the Endangered Species Act.
Under the Bush administration rule, there was no need for a federal agency to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Services if that agency determined that no harm would come to an endangered species as a result of its project.
But the determination of what "no harm" meant rested with agency bureaucrats instead of scientists.
This line... no more of Bush assigning an Arabian horse judge to Emergency Management, considering how many of these 'assignments' were given to family friends without a lick of experience to handle the job.
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