News to make Colbert happy. Evidence that the ESA Works - Bald Eagle taken off Endangered Species List
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Wally
7:42 AM
Today we celebrate the successful recovery of the Bald Eagle, as it is officially removed from the rolls endangered species. The "delisting" is both a success story for the bird and for the Endangered Species Act, and a firm kick in the balls for the pro-business anti-environment right wing extremists like Bush and Cheney and the 29% who follow them blindly. The same people who think global warming is a hoax and evolution is "just a theory" have been arguing for decades that the act doesn't work and should be eliminated or weakened in the name of "progress" (pronounced "money"). With the recovery and delisting of our National Symbol, their arguments become harder to justify.
"The rescue of the bald eagle from the brink of extinction ranks among the greatest victories of American conservation," said John Flicker, president of the National Audubon Society.
"Like no other species, the bald eagle showed us all that environmental stewardship has priceless rewards," Flicker said. "In every state, parents and grandparents can still point to the sky and share a moment of wonder as a bald eagle soars overhead." In the face of success, threats remain. The Bush administration is still working to weaken the ESA or find ways around it. The Roberts' Supreme Court also struck a blow when it ruled earlier this week that states can ignore the ESA when issuing water discharge permits to land developers. These things don't bode well for those species that remain endangered or threatened. Hopefully the Democratic congress will find it's spine and it's conscience, and will move to continue, and to expand these kinds of protections so that these majestic, and some not so majestic creatures are not displaced by shopping malls, Walmarts, and factories. Our grandchildren and their grandchildren deserve it.
Let the eeeaaaagle soaaaar.....
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