Over at the Seattle PI blog, Howard Garrett of the Orca Network criticizes PLF’s petition to delist the Southern Resident population of orca whale from the Endangered Species Act. Unfortunately, Mr. Garrett’s criticisms, like those of many others, are either irrelevant or … Continue reading
Earlier this week, Miyoko Sakashita of the Center for Biological Diversity, writing on the Huffington Post, criticized Pacific Legal Foundation’s effort to delist the Southern Resident population of killer whale from the Endangered Species Act. Of course, this is not CBD’s first criticism … Continue reading
Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it is beginning a one-year review to determine whether to delist the Southern Resident population of killer whale from the Endangered Species Act. The agency’s decision is in direct response to a … Continue reading
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday. We all have much to be thankful for. Without further ado, here are the highlights of last week’s case developments. Property Rights — Koontz in the United States Supreme Court We filed … Continue reading
Perhaps not surprisingly, PLF’s petition to delist a population of killer whale from the Endangered Species Act has garnered a lot of attention, not all of it positive. Understandably, reasonable people can differ about various aspects of environmental regulation, but … Continue reading
We’ve had quite a lot of press in connection with our delisting petition, filed yesterday, for the killer whale: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times, Capital Press, NPR, McClatchey Newspapers, among others. (I was somewhat amused when the Center for Biological Diversity … Continue reading
Today, Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys petitioned the federal government to delist the killer whale from the Endangered Species Act. The petition was submitted on behalf of the Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy & Reliability—a nonprofit group whose primary mission is … Continue reading