More Irony in Washington
10:00 AM -- Defenders of Wildlife alerts us to legislation being introduced in Congress today by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Cal). Among other things, according to the Defenders, it:
— Larry, Endangered Monkey, Light Reading
- Repeals critical habitat without providing adequate assurances that habitat necessary for recovery would be protected.
- ...Cuts wildlife experts out of the loop in determining whether agency actions would harm endangered plants and animals...
- Requires the federal government to pay landowners to not violate the law...
- Places endangered plants and animals at risk whenever the federal government fails to meet a 90-day deadline for telling developers whether their actions would take an endangered species. If the government misses the deadline, no matter what the reason, developers get a de facto exemption from the law...
— Larry, Endangered Monkey, Light Reading