Failure to protect endangered species lands feds in court

[maryjane48]

Environmental groups are in federal court in Vancouver today trying to force the federal government to abide by its own Species At Risk Act.

Ecojustice is arguing on behalf of five other groups — including the David Suzuki Foundation, Greenpeace Canada, Sierra Club B.C., Wilderness Committee and Wildsight — that Ottawa has failed to prepare timely recovery strategies for endangered wildlife threatened by proposed resource development projects, including the Northern Gateway pipeline.

The act recognizes the Pacific humpback whales, Nechako white sturgeons, marbled murrelets and southern mountain caribou as being at-risk, but the government has delayed the release of recovery plans that are mandated by the law.

The group says the government waited until October 2013 — 4.5 years past its due date — to produce a plan for Pacific humpbacks. The strategy identifies toxic spills and tanker traffic from proposed pipelines and ports as threats to the whales' habitat and survival. But the plan was released too late for the Joint Review Panel to consider before giving cabinet its recommendation to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline in December.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.2489301



harper is such a scumbag its not even funny anymore , this clown needs to made to drink sum tarsands oil

[Buckeye19]

*off topic/personal attack removed*/ferri

[Ken7]

Very interesting article. It however does not surprise me one bit. Our environment is not a concern to Government, the only way it would be is if they can tax it.


Very sad to hear also!