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Interior secretary should repeal Bush’s weakening of the Endangered Species Act
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| OUR new Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has some decisions to make. One of them will clearly signal whether he will fulfill President Obama’s promise to “develop a strategy for restoring scientific integrity to government decision-making” or whether he will continue George W. Bush’s long-standing commitment to undermine scientific integrity. |
| Salazar has until May 9 to undo one of Bush’s 11th-hour and more regressive policies — one that would gut America’s signature environmental law and the strongest tool we have to protect and restore our majestic plant and wildlife heritage. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been our nation’s safety net for species facing extinction since 1973 and it is one of the few legal tools capable of confronting the growing impacts of global warming. |
| The ESA provides the most complete guide to salmon recovery. |
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