tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post189535101683991187..comments2023-11-05T01:42:46.735-08:00Comments on Of a feather: Let the fire sale beginScott Weidensaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567679904754295754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-78549677121508121642008-10-17T05:46:00.000-07:002008-10-17T05:46:00.000-07:00I've only just stumbled upon your blog after readi...I've only just stumbled upon your blog after reading (and loving) The Ghost With Trembling Wings (reviewed here: http://nikperring.blogspot.com/2008/10/and-now-for-something-completely.html)<BR/><BR/>What's happening with this? Is there any further news? Sincerely hope it hasn't and doesn't go ahead.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the splendid work.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-45864251664802269202008-08-26T05:42:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:42:00.000-07:00I especially loved the administration quote that f...I especially loved the administration quote that federal agencies had done a "pretty good job" of self-regulating so far.<BR/>This made my blood boil, and you're right, Mr. Sneaky Pants is going to be doing his best to gut what he can and rip the stuffing out of the Endangered Species Act before we can get someone with an environmental conscience back in the White House. And that's not all he's gutting. Blaaa. Icky man, begone.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-31131762364626159302008-08-14T16:50:00.000-07:002008-08-14T16:50:00.000-07:00Some congressional Democrats contend the action wo...Some congressional Democrats contend the action would be illegal, and I expect there would be legal challenges, but this is actually a long-standing (and potent) tool of this administration - if you fail to change the law itself, then change the way in which you interpret it. <BR/><BR/> The best response is to make sure your senator and congressman knows your opposition to the idea. Write a letter to your local paper; raise a stink. In the past year, similarly disastrous proposals in other areas of natural resource protection, such as national parks management, leaked out and were substantially curtailed by public outrage. <BR/><BR/> This one, I suspect, is going to take some real opposition to stop, though, since it accomplishes something on the anti-conservation wish list for a long time.Scott Weidensaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567679904754295754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-38516261241332519132008-08-13T21:42:00.000-07:002008-08-13T21:42:00.000-07:00I'm horrified by this! How could these changes be ...I'm horrified by this! How could these changes be made without congressional review and approval? If that is true, why even bother with the 30-day comment period? Is there anything we can do to stop this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042884990960560297noreply@blogger.com