Victory for the environment: House rejects “Extinction Rider”(Comments Off)
As published in the Seattle PI:
In a rare victory for the environment, spearheaded by Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected an amendment to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.
The so-called “Extinction Rider” would have prevented the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service from spending any money to list new species under [...]
