Guest guest Posted August 24, 2001 Report Share Posted August 24, 2001 The Pentagon may ask the U.S. Congress to rewrite the Endangered Species Act to exempt military training exercises from restrictions to protect sea turtles, desert tortoises, and other rare critters. Defense Department documents leaked to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility propose that the secretary of defense be able to " grant exemptions for reasons of mission readiness. " PEER said a military official was the source of the documents. But a Pentagon spokesperson said yesterday that he couldn't find anyone at the DOD who was familiar with them. straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Kenneth R. Weiss and Deborah Schoch, 23 Aug 2001 <http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-000068320aug23.story?coll=la%2 Dnews%2Dscience> read it only in Grist Magazine: A week in the life of Jeff Ruch, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility < TARGET= " _blank " >http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/week/ruch121100.stm?source=da\ ily> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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