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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she <m> walked </m> back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and <m> left </m> .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , <m> Checks Out </m> Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then <m> jumped </m> back into her SUV .
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http : / / dlisted . com / 2013 / 05 / 02 / lindsay - lohan - checks - rehab - checks - out - two - minutes - later /
Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then <m> jumped </m> back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got <m> spooked </m> by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN says that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo <m> showed up </m> to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab , Checks Out Two Minutes Later
May 2 , 2013
The judge should know to never ever trust a gnome with a law degree , because they are shifty shits and will lie to you with a twinkle in their eyes .
That ’ s exactly what LiLo ’ s lawyer Mark Heller did in court this morning .
He told the judge that LiLo was “ ensconced in the bosom of ” rehab this morning when she was really buying crap at Fry ’ s in Fountain Valley , CA .
The NYDN <m> says </m> that LiLo eventually made it to Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , but two minutes after she walked through the door , she walked back through it and left .
According to the NYDN , LiLo showed up to Morningside at around noon , spent a couple of minutes there , got spooked by the paparazzi ( uh huh ) and then jumped back into her SUV .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , <m> TMZ </m> reports .
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Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
<m> Lindsay Lohan </m> has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls <m> star </m> just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but <m> she's </m> not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where <m> she </m> will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the <m> Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs </m> after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the <m> Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu </m> , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , <m> where </m> she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out <m> Of Betty Ford Treatment Center </m> And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a <m> 30 - day </m> program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after <m> completing </m> a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has <m> checked out </m> of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just <m> checked - in </m> to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will <m> receive </m> extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day <m> program </m> , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended <m> treatment </m> , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan <m> Checks Out </m> Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And <m> Into </m> Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ reports .
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Lindsay Lohan Checks Out Of Betty Ford Treatment Center And Into Malibu Rehab
Posted on Thu Jun 13 , 2013 08 : 45 AM PDT
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the Betty Ford Treatment Center in Palm Springs after completing a 30 - day program , but she's not in the clear yet !
The Mean Girls star just checked - in to the Cliffside Rehab Center in Malibu , where she will receive extended treatment , TMZ <m> reports </m> .
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Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress checked into Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif ,
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Fri . , May . 3 , 2013 11 : 45 AM PDT
Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress checked into <m> Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif </m> ,
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Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress checked into Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif ,
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Fri . , May . 3 , 2013 11 : 45 AM PDT
Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress checked into Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif ,
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Fri . , May . 3 , 2013 11 : 45 AM PDT
Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress <m> checked into </m> Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif ,
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Fri . , May . 3 , 2013 11 : 45 AM PDT
Early Friday morning , around 1 : 30 a . m . , the 26 - year - old actress checked into Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage , Calif ,
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Lindsay Lohan checks into unapproved rehab
12 : 52 p . m . EDT May 2 , 2013
She checked in today .
Lohan lawyer Mark Heller told L . A . Superior Court Judge James R . Dabney that Lohan had checked into a rehab , but prosecutors have not signed off on the facility , reports <m> AP </m> .
She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
CNN says Lohan's lawyer , Mark Heller , made the arrangements for Lohan to check into Morningside , but prosecutors have not approved that facility .
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Lindsay Lohan checks into unapproved rehab
12 : 52 p . m . EDT May 2 , 2013
She checked in today .
Lohan lawyer Mark Heller told L . A . Superior Court Judge <m> James R . Dabney </m> that Lohan had checked into a rehab , but prosecutors have not signed off on the facility , reports AP .
She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
CNN says Lohan's lawyer , Mark Heller , made the arrangements for Lohan to check into Morningside , but prosecutors have not approved that facility .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
CNN says Lohan's lawyer , Mark Heller , made the arrangements for Lohan to check into Morningside , but prosecutors have not approved that facility .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
CNN says Lohan's lawyer , Mark Heller , made the arrangements for Lohan to check into Morningside , but prosecutors have not approved that facility .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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Lohan lawyer Mark Heller told L . A . Superior Court Judge James R . Dabney that Lohan had checked into a rehab , but prosecutors have not signed off on the facility , reports AP .
She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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CNN says Lohan's lawyer , Mark Heller , made the arrangements for Lohan to check into Morningside , but prosecutors have not approved that facility .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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12 : 52 p . m . EDT May 2 , 2013
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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She hopped on a private jet Wednesday night , headed for Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach , Calif . , a facility that does allow smoking .
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Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected <m> plants </m> and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected <m> plants </m> and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and <m> animals </m> .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and <m> animals </m> .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old <m> regulations </m> in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old <m> regulations </m> in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the <m> Endangered Species Act </m> that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the <m> Endangered Species Act </m> that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on <m> Thursday </m> eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal <m> projects </m> to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal <m> projects </m> to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether <m> they </m> imperil protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether <m> they </m> imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that <m> required </m> an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that <m> required </m> an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific <m> review </m> of proposed federal projects to determine whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to <m> determine </m> whether they imperil protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they <m> imperil </m> protected plants and animals .
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The Bush administration on Thursday eliminated 35-year-old regulations in the Endangered Species Act that required an independent scientific review of proposed federal projects to determine whether they <m> imperil </m> protected plants and animals .
Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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Instead , federal agencies undertaking projects like road and power plant construction or oil and gas drilling will make their own assessment .
Without the independent reviews , such projects could be accelerated .
As part of the changes announced by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in the final days of the Bush administration , the department finalized an interim rule that allows oil and gas drilling in polar bear habitat off Alaska 's coast .
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions , essentially making climate change policy .
Kempthorne , who characterized the new rules as a common-sense streamlining of bureaucratic processes , acknowledged that there was disagreement within the department regarding the rules , which take effect in 30 days .
Under current law , agencies must submit any plans that could harm species on the endangered list for review by scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which enforces the Endangered Species Act .
The process has been criticized by home builders groups and the oil and gas industry for delaying costly projects .
The consultation requirement was intended as more than just a check and balance .
Jamie Rappaport Clark , executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife and director of Fish and Wildlife under President Clinton , said the consultation process resolved the problem of `` mission conflict '' between agencies .
The Department of Defense , for example , might not understand why an endangered plant should be considered when expanding a bombing range .
`` The problem is the agencies do n't always properly consider , understand or protect species in their habitat because they are focused on the pursuit of their primary mission , '' Clark said .
`` It 's hard for the biologists to satisfy their responsibility to protect species if the agency perceives it affects their primary mission . ''
President-elect Barack Obama said he would reverse the rule changes , as have some members of Congress .
But that requires a lengthy rule-making process .
In the House , members can invoke the rarely used Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulations .
`` These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy , '' Clark said .
`` But more importantly , we are not going to know what we do n't know anymore . ''
Officials said agencies would still be held liable if they approved projects that harmed threatened or endangered species .
Kempthorne also noted that any federal agency could choose to informally consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at any time .
H. Dale Hall , director of Fish and Wildlife , said he had concerns about how fast the estimated 235,000 public comments were processed .
Staff assigned to the job spent eight hours a day tabulating the comments .
Working under strict time restraints , agency employees had nine seconds to read each letter , according to one calculation .
Officials said that more than 200,000 of the comments opposed the rule change .
Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by Congress in recent years .
Sen. Barbara Boxer ( D-Calif. ) said Thursday 's actions were another assault on the law .
`` These midnight regulations are part of a continuing effort by the Bush administration to repeal our landmark environmental laws through the back door and weaken protections for our nation 's endangered species , '' she said in a statement .
`` I believe they are illegal , and if similar regulations had been in place , they would have undermined our ability to protect the bald eagle , the grizzly bear and the gray whale , '' Boxer said .
Environmental groups , which took the administration to court to force it to list the polar bear , vowed to continue the legal battle .
Three groups , the Center for Biological Diversity , Greenpeace and Defenders of Wildlife , filed suit in San Francisco hours after the changes were announced , arguing that the regulations failed to follow the public review process .
`` The Bush administration has repackaged the same old lump of coal as a holiday present for the polar bear , and once again handed its friends in the oil industry a huge gift , '' said Kassie Siegel , climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list polar bears .
`` These regulations seem designed to drive the polar bear extinct . ''
The rule regarding polar bears comes seven months after that animal became the first to be placed on the Endangered Species List primarily because of global climate change .
The melting of sea ice is threatening the polar bear with extinction .
This summer , scores of polar bears were observed swimming in open seas , far from land or ice floes .
But Kempthorne said that he would n't allow the 1973 law to be used as a `` back door for implementing climate-change policy . ''
To that end , he clarified regulations addressing threats to polar bear habitat : greenhouse emissions from automobiles , power plants and other human activities .
The act requires federal agencies to designate habitat critical to the creature 's survival , then protect it by strict enforcement .
Kempthorne said that according to his reading , court rulings require pinpointing a specific source of a threat to habitat -- something that he said was scientifically impossible .
That interpretation of the courts ' opinions gives the government few options to protect polar bear habitat .
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In a move <m> environmental groups </m> says strikes at the heart of the Endangered Species Act , the Bush administration on Thursday announced a new rule that would let federal agencies decide on their own whether their projects harm endangered species , instead of requiring them in many cases to get a second opinion from federal wildlife experts .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
Agencies in the two department's share responsibility for managing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act and employ the government's top scientists in species protection .
In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
The end of the long - standing requirement _ dating back to 1986 _ of interagency consultation with the Interior and Commerce agencies on endangered species protection produced a firestorm in both Congress and within the environmental and conservation communities .
For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
Agencies in the two department's share responsibility for managing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act and employ the government's top scientists in species protection .
In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
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For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
The Interior Department earlier had declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice , a change attributed to global warming .
Salazar and Lock said the two departments will jointly decide if any changes are needed to improve the interagency consultation procedures .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
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In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
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For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
The Interior Department earlier had declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice , a change attributed to global warming .
Salazar and Lock said the two departments will jointly decide if any changes are needed to improve the interagency consultation procedures .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
Agencies in the two department's share responsibility for managing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act and employ the government's top scientists in species protection .
In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
The end of the long - standing requirement _ dating back to 1986 _ of interagency consultation with the Interior and Commerce agencies on endangered species protection produced a firestorm in both Congress and within the environmental and conservation communities .
For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
The Interior Department earlier had declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice , a change attributed to global warming .
Salazar and Lock said the two departments will jointly decide if any changes are needed to improve the interagency consultation procedures .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
Agencies in the two department's share responsibility for managing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act and employ the government's top scientists in species protection .
In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
The end of the long - standing requirement _ dating back to 1986 _ of interagency consultation with the Interior and Commerce agencies on endangered species protection produced a firestorm in both Congress and within the environmental and conservation communities .
For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
The Interior Department earlier had declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice , a change attributed to global warming .
Salazar and Lock said the two departments will jointly decide if any changes are needed to improve the interagency consultation procedures .
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Federal agencies again will have to consult with government wildlife experts before taking actions that could have an impact on threatened or endangered species .
The Obama administration said Tuesday it was overturning a rule change made in the final weeks of the Bush presidency .
Officials at the Interior and Commerce departments said they have reimposed the consultation requirement that assured the government's top biologists involved in species protection will have a say in federal action that could harm plants , animals and fish that are at risk of extinction .
Such consultation had been required for more than two decades until the Bush administration made it optional in rules issued last December , just weeks before the change in administrations .
Environmentalists argued that the change severely reduced the protection afforded under the federal Endangered Species Act .
"By rolling back this eleventh - hour regulation , we are ensuring that threatened and endangered species continue to receive the full protection of the law" and that top science will be the foundation of the decision making , said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar .
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke added : "Our decision affirms the administration's commitment to using sound science to promote conservation and protect the environment . "
Agencies in the two department's share responsibility for managing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act and employ the government's top scientists in species protection .
In March , President Barack Obama issued an executive order putting the Bush rule change on hold .
Congress followed by giving specific authorization for the Interior and Commerce departments to revoke the action , avoiding a long and complicated regulatory process .
Environmentalists widely praised Tuesday's action , but some expressed dismay that Salazar didn't also rescind a rule that limits the protection to the polar bear , which last year was declared as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act because of disappearing Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change .
The Bush administration issued a rule that prohibits an agency from taking into account indirect adverse impacts on the polar bear from activities outside of the Arctic region : For example carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to global warming and , therefore , the loss of Arctic sea ice .
Congress authorized that rule to be revoked as well , but the Interior Department said no decision had yet been made on the matter .
"From our perspective the job is half done , " said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity , an advocacy group .
"The polar bear's Arctic sea ice habitat is melting away .
If the ( Bush ) special rule is not struck down the polar bear is likely to be the first large mammal to go extinct due to global warming in the United States . "
The end of the long - standing requirement _ dating back to 1986 _ of interagency consultation with the Interior and Commerce agencies on endangered species protection produced a firestorm in both Congress and within the environmental and conservation communities .
For years , agencies involved in thousands of federal activities _ from issuing clean air rules to approving highway or dam construction _ have had to consult not only their own experts but also biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to ensure the activities did not harm plants , animals or fish that are protected by the Endangered Species Act .
Developers and business groups argued that the consultation caused unneeded delays and increased the cost of projects .
The Bush administration made the independent consultation optional , arguing that it was a minor shift in policy .
One impetus for the rule change was concern by the Bush administration that the Endangered Species Act might be used as a back door to regulate greenhouse gases as a way to combat climate change .
The Interior Department earlier had declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice , a change attributed to global warming .
Salazar and Lock said the two departments will jointly decide if any changes are needed to improve the interagency consultation procedures .
The Fish and Wildlife Service , which is part of the Interior Department , has jurisdiction over plants and animals , while NOAA , part of the Commerce Department , deals with fish species that are at risk of extinction .
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http : / / www . ucsusa . org / news / press _ release / interior - overturns - bush - esa - 0223 . html
April 28 , 2009
Interior , Commerce <m> Departments </m> Overturn Rule That Cut Science Out of Endangered Species Act
Statement by Francesca Grifo
Today , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rescinded eleventh - hour Bush administration changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that allowed federal agencies to decide for themselves if their own projects—such as roads and dams—would threaten imperiled species .
Federal agencies again will be required to consult with expert biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before undertaking or permitting new projects .
The rule change was just one of several controversial Bush administration actions that undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , according to the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) .
In a related story , 1 , 300 biologists and three scientific societies representing some 20 , 000 scientists sent separate letters last Friday to the Interior and Commerce departments urging them to overturn the last - minute Bush rule changes .
Below is a statement by Francesca Grifo , director of UCS's Scientific Integrity Program :
"Several last - minute Bush administration regulatory changes have undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , and today the Obama administration has begun to repair the damage .
The message from tens of thousands of scientists around the country is clear : These unwarranted changes fundamentally undermine our ability to protect imperiled plants and animals .
"Today , the Obama administration restored critical checks and balances to protect our nation's biodiversity .
Interior Secretary Salazar's decision is a long - awaited first step .
But there is much more to be done .
The Obama administration must thoroughly review how science is used to ensure that our nation's imperiled species have a chance to survive—and thrive . "
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http : / / www . ucsusa . org / news / press _ release / interior - overturns - bush - esa - 0223 . html
April 28 , 2009
Interior , Commerce Departments Overturn <m> Rule </m> That Cut Science Out of Endangered Species Act
Statement by Francesca Grifo
Today , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rescinded eleventh - hour Bush administration changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that allowed federal agencies to decide for themselves if their own projects—such as roads and dams—would threaten imperiled species .
Federal agencies again will be required to consult with expert biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before undertaking or permitting new projects .
The rule change was just one of several controversial Bush administration actions that undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , according to the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) .
In a related story , 1 , 300 biologists and three scientific societies representing some 20 , 000 scientists sent separate letters last Friday to the Interior and Commerce departments urging them to overturn the last - minute Bush rule changes .
Below is a statement by Francesca Grifo , director of UCS's Scientific Integrity Program :
"Several last - minute Bush administration regulatory changes have undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , and today the Obama administration has begun to repair the damage .
The message from tens of thousands of scientists around the country is clear : These unwarranted changes fundamentally undermine our ability to protect imperiled plants and animals .
"Today , the Obama administration restored critical checks and balances to protect our nation's biodiversity .
Interior Secretary Salazar's decision is a long - awaited first step .
But there is much more to be done .
The Obama administration must thoroughly review how science is used to ensure that our nation's imperiled species have a chance to survive—and thrive . "
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http : / / www . ucsusa . org / news / press _ release / interior - overturns - bush - esa - 0223 . html
April 28 , 2009
Interior , Commerce Departments Overturn Rule That Cut Science Out of <m> Endangered Species Act </m>
Statement by Francesca Grifo
Today , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rescinded eleventh - hour Bush administration changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that allowed federal agencies to decide for themselves if their own projects—such as roads and dams—would threaten imperiled species .
Federal agencies again will be required to consult with expert biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before undertaking or permitting new projects .
The rule change was just one of several controversial Bush administration actions that undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , according to the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) .
In a related story , 1 , 300 biologists and three scientific societies representing some 20 , 000 scientists sent separate letters last Friday to the Interior and Commerce departments urging them to overturn the last - minute Bush rule changes .
Below is a statement by Francesca Grifo , director of UCS's Scientific Integrity Program :
"Several last - minute Bush administration regulatory changes have undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , and today the Obama administration has begun to repair the damage .
The message from tens of thousands of scientists around the country is clear : These unwarranted changes fundamentally undermine our ability to protect imperiled plants and animals .
"Today , the Obama administration restored critical checks and balances to protect our nation's biodiversity .
Interior Secretary Salazar's decision is a long - awaited first step .
But there is much more to be done .
The Obama administration must thoroughly review how science is used to ensure that our nation's imperiled species have a chance to survive—and thrive . "
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http : / / www . ucsusa . org / news / press _ release / interior - overturns - bush - esa - 0223 . html
April 28 , 2009
Interior , Commerce Departments Overturn Rule <m> That </m> Cut Science Out of Endangered Species Act
Statement by Francesca Grifo
Today , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rescinded eleventh - hour Bush administration changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that allowed federal agencies to decide for themselves if their own projects—such as roads and dams—would threaten imperiled species .
Federal agencies again will be required to consult with expert biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before undertaking or permitting new projects .
The rule change was just one of several controversial Bush administration actions that undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , according to the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) .
In a related story , 1 , 300 biologists and three scientific societies representing some 20 , 000 scientists sent separate letters last Friday to the Interior and Commerce departments urging them to overturn the last - minute Bush rule changes .
Below is a statement by Francesca Grifo , director of UCS's Scientific Integrity Program :
"Several last - minute Bush administration regulatory changes have undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , and today the Obama administration has begun to repair the damage .
The message from tens of thousands of scientists around the country is clear : These unwarranted changes fundamentally undermine our ability to protect imperiled plants and animals .
"Today , the Obama administration restored critical checks and balances to protect our nation's biodiversity .
Interior Secretary Salazar's decision is a long - awaited first step .
But there is much more to be done .
The Obama administration must thoroughly review how science is used to ensure that our nation's imperiled species have a chance to survive—and thrive . "
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http : / / www . ucsusa . org / news / press _ release / interior - overturns - bush - esa - 0223 . html
April 28 , 2009
Interior , Commerce Departments Overturn Rule That <m> Cut Science Out </m> of Endangered Species Act
Statement by Francesca Grifo
Today , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rescinded eleventh - hour Bush administration changes to Endangered Species Act regulations that allowed federal agencies to decide for themselves if their own projects—such as roads and dams—would threaten imperiled species .
Federal agencies again will be required to consult with expert biologists at the U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before undertaking or permitting new projects .
The rule change was just one of several controversial Bush administration actions that undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , according to the Union of Concerned Scientists ( UCS ) .
In a related story , 1 , 300 biologists and three scientific societies representing some 20 , 000 scientists sent separate letters last Friday to the Interior and Commerce departments urging them to overturn the last - minute Bush rule changes .
Below is a statement by Francesca Grifo , director of UCS's Scientific Integrity Program :
"Several last - minute Bush administration regulatory changes have undermined the scientific foundation of the Endangered Species Act , and today the Obama administration has begun to repair the damage .
The message from tens of thousands of scientists around the country is clear : These unwarranted changes fundamentally undermine our ability to protect imperiled plants and animals .
"Today , the Obama administration restored critical checks and balances to protect our nation's biodiversity .
Interior Secretary Salazar's decision is a long - awaited first step .
But there is much more to be done .
The Obama administration must thoroughly review how science is used to ensure that our nation's imperiled species have a chance to survive—and thrive . "
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