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Perspective

Mar. 27, 2009

Efforts to Use Endangered Species Act to Curb Climate Change Continue

Environmental advocates are hoping to use the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act to initiate dramatic changes to a wide range of federal programs.

By George Mannina

As part of its continuing effort to use the Endangered Species Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 15, 2009, that could result in dramatic changes to a wide range of federal programs. It is asking the court to order federal departments to act on a petition it filed Feb. 1, 2007. The petition demands that the Environmental Protection...

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