I don’t know much about how heavy Congress’ hand is in the
protection of animals, but this Time Magazine headline caught my eye: Bush
to Relax Protected Species Act. So what I take from this article is that
federal agencies will no longer be allowed to determine how their projects will
contribute to global warming and its subsequent effect on animals and their
habitats.

Sounds really backward to me.

I love this part: “The new regulations follow a pattern by
the Bush administration not to seek input from its scientists.” Excellent. Let’s
ignore the people who really get what’s happening. If we ignore climate change,
maybe it will go away.

No changes have been made to this act since 1986, and seems
to me that we’ve come a long way in animal protection and awareness. I just
cannot see the benefit of ignoring the problems we’ve helped to create. This is
a step in the wrong direction on a journey of which we still have so far to go.