Alaska plans to sue over beluga whale protection

[struggle4progress]

Source: AP

Published: 2009-01-14 20:10:05
Location: ANCHORAGE, Alaska

... The white whales were listed last year as endangered under the Endangered Species Act after federal scientists determined the whales were headed toward extinction.

The listing requires the designation of critical habitat for the whales, a recovery plan and a review of all federally funded or permitted activities in Cook Inlet. The city of Anchorage is on Cook Inlet.

The state said Wednesday that it wanted the listing decision withdrawn, adding that it believed state and federal laws apart from the listing were sufficient to protect the whales. The population is stable and beginning to recover, said Denby Lloyd, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Gov. Sarah Palin opposed the listing because of the impact it could have on ... oil and gas development ...

Read more: http://www.southernledger.com/ap/220435/Alaska_plans_to_sue_over_beluga_whale_protection

[John Q. Citizen]

1. Baby Beluga in the deep blue sea,

Sarah Palin wants to kill your mom;

Bad move politically I think

[CatholicEdHead]

2. I smell a really good Tina Fey SNL skit out of this

[AllyCat]

3. Palin is an oil company shill

That's the best one can say about this washed-up joke from an otherwise lovely state.

[mt13]

4. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

:grr:

[NOW tense]

5. Didn't she learn that being a sucky person doesn't win anyones respect?

[xxqqqzme]

7. She prefers being sucky to having respect.

[Arctic Dave]

6. When I was a kid you you could watch the whales come into the

Mouth of the Kenai River, it is very rare to see one at all anymore.