U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM BURDENED BY POLITICAL MEDDLING
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By J.R. Pegg
WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2007 (ENS)A top
Bush administration appointee at the U.S. Interior Department could
have benefitted financially from a decision she was involved with to
remove a California fish from the federal endangered species list,
according to a new report by the agency’s inspector general. The report
on the actions of Julie MacDonald comes on the heels of a decision by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise seven Endangered Species
Act rulings she improperly influenced during her tenure at the agency.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-29-10.asp
DRC’s NEW RAINFOREST RESERVE FOR THE ENDANGERED BONOBO
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WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2007 (ENS)A vast rainforest nature
reserve has been newly set aside by the Democratic Republic of Congo,
DRC, to encourage improved protection for the endangered bonobo, a
great ape species that few people even know exists. Found only in the
DRC, bonobos inhabit the heart of the Congo Basin, Africa’s largest
rainforest, now threatened by industrial logging.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-29-02.asp
ONE-QUARTER OF ALL U.S. BIRD SPECIES AT RISK
WASHINGTON, DC, November 28, 2007 (ENS)One in every four bird
species in the United States is imperiled and needs conservation help
to survive, finds a new assessment released today by two bird-centered
organizations – the Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy.
Their WatchList 2007 is an analysis of population size and trends,
distribution, and threats for the 683 bird species that regularly breed
in the United States.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-28-01.asp
BREATHING SMOGGY AIR MORE DANGEROUS FOR FATTER PEOPLE
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, November 27, 2007 (ENS)The first
evidence that fatter people with higher body mass index may have a
greater reaction to smoggy air than leaner people was presented today
by the National Institutes of Health. Short-term exposure to
ground-level ozone, or smog, is known to cause a temporary drop in lung
function in many people, but this is the first study in humans to look
at whether body weight influences how much lung function drops.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-27-01.asp
