November 27, 2008

Bush Belittles Global Warming As A Threat To Animals - ScienceBlog.com- About: global warming news

The Bush administration is finalizing changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could make sure that federal agencies wouldn't have to take global warming into consideration when evaluating risks to plants and animals. The main purpose of this change is to eliminate the long-held provision that required independent scientific review to be performed by either the U. Koalas are likely to die in greater numbers due to new dangers they have to face as a result of climate change- more intense bushfires, increasing temperatures and drought, and drop in nutrient levels of food. Koalas will have to travel further to forage, and travel by ground, where they are more likely to fall victims of dogs and cars.

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