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The Presidential Transition: Economic Stimulus and Endangered Species

The Presidential Transition: Economic Stimulus and Endangered Species

In The Wall Street Journal, Karen Wayland calls for Obama's economic stimulus package to include green job creation, and Deron Lovaas tells Congress Daily AM that the package must address problems with the federal highway system... On KQED's Quest, Annie Notthoff criticizes the Bush administration's last-minute changes to the Endangered Species Act, as does Chuck Clusen in an Associated Press article on the Department of the Interior... Louisa Willcox tells The Casper, WY Star-Tribune that wolf protections are needed throughout the Northern Rockies... In The San Diego Union-Tribune, Joel Reynolds stresses the need to pursue alternatives to constructing new roads that encroach on protected lands... Henry Henderson tells The Cleveland Plain Dealer he expects Congress to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions.

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carbon, economicstimulus, endangeredspeciesact, greenjobs, tollroad, wolves

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