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Unpacking the Senate Permitting Reform Bill: ESA

Changes to the Endangered Species Act are limited in scope

This post continues my review of the provisions of the Senate Permitting Reform Bill, focusing on the Endangered Species Act provisions in Title III.  My introduction to the coverage of the bill is here.  My discussion of Title I, covering NEPA is here (for remedies) and here (everything else).  My discussion of the Clean Water …

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Bad ESA rules not yet undone

(Cross-posted at the Center for Progressive Reform blog.) The Bush administration’s last-minute ESA (non)consultation rule is getting almost as much attention now as it did during the comment period. Then, the administration reportedly received more than 300,000 comments, the vast majority of them negative. Those objections were, of course, quickly swept under the proverbial rug …

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