On February 17, environmental conservation groups filed a lawsuit accusing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of changing the lax pesticide regulations without consulting with the Fish and Wildlife service. This major lack of communication could cause the poisoning of 214 endangered species around the country including the California condor, giant garter snake, California tiger salamander, and many others. The EPA runs a number of tests on pesticides, but hardly ever consults the Fish and Wildlife service. The lawsuit is intended to oblige the EPA to follow the law and to not harm these endangered species. Seeing as the EPA has been using 18,000 pesticides since 1993 and has only consulted the Fish and Wildlife service a few times when using them, the only solution to the problem is to file a lawsuit. Setting laws and regulations for the EPA to follow will ensure the protection of the endangered species because the Fish and Wildlife service could deny the EPA of the use of pesticides if necessary.http://www.ecoworld.com/animals/epa-faces-pesticides-endangered-species-lawsuit.html
I think this is a good example of the evils of government organizations. Despite their ability to do good, they surpass the opportunity and do whatever they want.
ReplyDeleteI think that the different government organizations should work together to make thing that work but do not hurt or kill the animals have already had problems surviving on their own. If you work together then good things will come
ReplyDeleteI must say that I agree with the comments before me. I think they should sue them because it was not right to not contact the Fish and Wildlife service, which could have ultimately lead to the poisoning of those endangered animals. Also, the California Tiger Salamander sounds like an interesting animal to me.
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