Bush attempting to gut ESA

I tend to stay away from the political on this blog, but this latest round of Bush BS has pushed me beyond upset. The outgoing administration is attempting to enact a “minute to midnight” regulatory ruling that would completely undermine the Endangered Species Act. The rule would allow departments and agencies to engage in building projects without having the sign off of a government biologist if an endangered species can possibly be effected. For example, let’s say the Corps of Engineers is planning to build a dam on a river such the Thompson River that holds Bull Trout, with this change of regulatory procedure, they would be allowed to build the dam without consulting a biologist on the effect to the trout. The ESA would lose its ability to protect endangered species. Not surprising, considering that this idiotic scheme comes from the most anti-environment administration in living memory.