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Re: Fw: Breaking News: Sarah Palin Attacks Beluga Whales

Subject: Re: Fw: Breaking News: Sarah Palin Attacks Beluga Whales
From: "Gregory Rademacher" gregoryrademacher
Date: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:41 am ((PST))
I thought this group was about sound recording...
G Rademacher


On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Philip Tyler wrote:

> I received the following, so hope no one minds me forwarding this to
> the group?
>
> She does seem to have it in for anything that gets in the way of oil.
>
> Phil
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Center for Biological Diversity <>
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, 15 January, 2009 1:16:23
> Subject: Breaking News: Sarah Palin Attacks Beluga Whales
>
> Dear Philip,
>
> Donate Now to Halt Sarah Palin's Attack on Belugas
> Governor Sarah Palin just announced she's making the state of Alaska
> sue to strike down Endangered Species Act protection for the
> imperiled Cook Inlet beluga whale. The rare white whale's population
> has already plummeted from thousands to just 375. They will
> certainly go extinct if Palin has her way.
> This isn't the first time Governor Palin has tried to sacrifice
> endangered species to the oil and gas industry. Last August, after a
> Center for Biological Diversity-led campaign won federal protection
> for the polar bear, she filed suit to strike the protections down in
> order to make things easier for Big Oil in the Arctic.
> The Center's lawyers and scientists are in court already to block
> Palin's anti-polar bear actions, and we'll soon jump in to save the
> beluga from her clutches as well. Please, click here to contribute
> to our legal defense fund.
> Apparently, it's not enough for Palin to promote the shooting of
> wolves from helicopters. Her bloodthirsty attitude towards wildlife
> extends to wiping out whole species that are barely surviving. She
> is going after endangered animals with missionary zeal, ignoring
> government scientists and running roughshod over the law.
> In the words of Brendan Cummings, the Center's master legal
> strategist on saving marine mammals: "Governor Palin must be
> suffering from an Ahab complex. She has an irrational obsession with
> driving the white whale extinct."
> I'll keep you posted on developments. In the meantime, we won't
> rest. We have to win this one for the belugas.
> To help us save the beluga from extinction, please click here to
> donate.
> With my thanks,
>
> Kier=E1n Suckling
> Executive Director
> Center for Biological Diversity
> P.S. It's been a busy day for apocalyptic politicians...the Bush
> administration just announced it is again stripping Endangered
> Species Act protection from wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great
> Lakes in order to legalize their slaughter. We stopped Bush before
> by taking him to the courts, and we'll soon be filing suit over this
> decision too. I'll tell you more about it in tomorrow's email
> newsletter.
>
> P.P.S. Here's a news clip just out on Palin's beluga assault:
> Alaska seeks to block U.S. protections for belugas
>
> By Yereth Rosen
>
> ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Five months after suing to
> keep polar bears off the U.S. threatened species list, Alaska's
> government said Wednesday it plans to issue a similar challenge to
> block federal protections for a struggling population of beluga
> whales in Cook Inlet, a mature oil-producing basin.
>
> Former vice presidential hopeful Gov. Sarah Palin said the energy-
> rich state believes the Endangered Species Act protections for
> belugas announced in October by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
> Administration are unwarranted...
>
> Beluga whales swimming in Cook Inlet, a glacier-fed saltwater
> channel running from Anchorage to the Gulf of Alaska, numbered as
> high as 1,300 three decades ago, but has dropped to about 375 since
> then, according to NOAA.
>
> Alaska's announcement it would challenge the endangered listing drew
> ire from environmental groups.
>
> "Once again Governor Palin has demonstrated either a complete lack
> of understanding or lack of concern over the plight of endangered
> species," Brendan Cummings, oceans program director for the Center
> for Biological Diversity, said in a statement Wednesday...
>
> The state and several municipal governments and business groups
> argue that an endangered listing will hamper business in Alaska's
> most densely populated region...
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