Endangered Specied Rules Relaxed

President Bush will set plan into motion before Obama gets into office.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG
Published: November 20, 2008

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is planning to relax
regulations covering endangered species before President-elect
Obama can reverse them.
The regulations must be published Friday to take effect before
Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. Otherwise, he can undo them with the
stroke of a pen.
The Interior Department rushed to complete the rules in three
months, over the objections of lawmakers and environmentalists. The
rules eliminate the input of federal wildlife scientists in some
endangered species reviews.