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By: ty

ty — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:31:08 +0000

Ca emissions standards at last. It’s a strange world when a Democratic president does in six days what Republican governor could not convince a Republican president to do in four years of letter-writing, lawsuits and international embarrassment.

http://www.caivp.org/article/issues/2009/1/26/state-emissions-standards-finally-approved

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By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:44:21 +0000

The ESA does not attempt to “control nature”. It seeks to minimize human involvement in the equation. It is ignorance that attempts to control nature by subduing it to blind ambition, substituting that for knowledge and reason. The ESA basically says that scientists are more knowledgeable about the ultimate impact of our actions than are politicians and corporate heads. That seems perfectly reasonable to me. Natural selection indeed.

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:27:47 +0000

@Jim Bauer: I don’t know about the number of species saved by the ESA. That’s a good question.

Anyone know?

By: Jim Bauer

Jim Bauer — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:36:07 +0000

I’m just curious here. Which species have been saved or prolonged as a result of the ESA? For that matter, why are gigantic corporations, like WalMart, immune from it, but not a paraplegic?

By: Korczyk

Korczyk — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:16:15 +0000

I’ve never liked Bush, since way before he was “elected” in 2000. That being said, I’m glad the ESA is being destroyed. It’s a completely useless act.
Natural selection. The ESA is just one more way of humans trying to control nature.

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:03:22 +0000

I’m a little confused by the DOI reference within the article. DOI is primarily made up of scientists whose mission and purpose is conservation. DOI is constantly working with other conservation agencies, whether they are government, private, or non-profit, to make conservation recommendations and decisions. That’s pretty much their M.O. so it would seem to me that a review by DOI could be sufficient. I guess I need to read the entire proposition to understand better.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:39:56 +0000

Thanks for your comments.

There’s a balance, for sure, but if the guts get ripped out of the ESA, that balance will never be found, IMHO.