One to Watch (AG Strikes Back Against the Fourth Branch Empire)

[Origanalist]

26 MARCH 2014 @ 14:07
by bobbelvedere
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Oklahoma’s attorney general has filed what could become a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing the so-called "sue and settle" procedure for listing animals and plants on the endangered and threatened list violates the federal Endangered Species Act.

That most encouraging gem was reported by Stephen Moore at Investors.com/IBD on 03/17/2014.

The attorney general charges that "by entering into private settlements with special interest litigants, (the Fish and Wildlife Service) has attempted to circumvent the legislative and regulatory process and make fundamental changes to its (Endangered Species Act)-imposed obligations."

To my admittedly limited knowledge this is a first and only push-back by a State AG against “Sue and Settle”.

‘Sue And Settle’

Under the Obama administration, the feds have entered into a consent agreement with the environmentalists to rush forward a judgment on an unprecedented number of species. A 2012 Chamber of Commerce study found record numbers of such "sue and settle" cases under Obama.

More from Stephen Moore:

Bureaucrat Lawbreakers

In an interview, Pruitt told IBD that "the sue-and-settle timelines force the FWS to make determinations without a thorough review of the science. This violates the original statute requiring sound science before listing species" as endangered.

Pruitt also claims the Fish and Wildlife has broken federal law by "ignoring state and local conservation measures" in the affected states with millions of private and tax dollars invested.

The Energy Producers Alliance, another energy group, charges "sue and settle has been abused, and the process is not in conformity with the federal statute. They simply ignore the science needed to make a legitimate determination" of whether a species is truly endangered.

Private industry also complains that these settlements are often made in cozy behind-closed-door dealings between green groups and the Obama administration, with no representation from state and local officials, or the affected industries.

This type of “behind-closed-door dealings” between what this Administration likes to call “stake holders” has been occurring between NGOs and Fourth Branch Departments for decades though the nefarious collusion of the EPA or in this case Fish and Wildlife and enviro-fascists has perhaps been the most egregious.

Many energy industry officials believe an administration openly hostile to fossil fuel development is using the Endangered Species Act as an excuse to withdraw potentially millions of acres of prime oil and gas lands from production.

Green groups like the Center for Biological Diversity make no secret on their website of their desire to shutdown local oil and gas drilling in order to combat global climate change.

There are currently some 300 species that are now being considered for addition to the endangered species list, thanks to the sue-and-settle racket. In addition to the prairie chicken, the sage grouse, another pheasant that populates the western states, is also under consideration for inclusion on the Endangered Species List.

According to the Resources First Foundation, a group that represents industry interests, "millions of acres of land could be removed from drilling, farming, ranching, and mining" if these birds are designated as facing extinction.

I doubt most of these enviro-fascists would know a prairie chicken from a Veloci-raptor let alone the difference between a prairie chicken and a Rhode Island Red.

Here we get to the real agenda – once again, IBD [emphasis mine]:

Under one proposed rule, if an endangered bird is discovered it would trigger a four-mile radius habitat protected zone. That means no mining, drilling or farming.

"We are talking about potentially millions of acres being removed," says Amos Eno, a former Fish and Wildlife official and now president of Resources First Foundation.

"Much of this land," he warns, "is on private property."

And…

Many Westerners remember the 1980s and 1990s when the spotted owl was used all too successfully by the environmental groups to try to shut down the timber industry in Oregon and California.

So there we have it. Not content to deny us access to the God given resources trapped on and under Federal lands (the prevalence of Federal lands is unjust and discriminatory toward the people living in western states. No justice no peace should be their motto but that’s another topic for another time) the enviro-fascists and other anti-capitalists want to prevent you from benefiting yourself and this nation by making the most of your private property. Apparently there is a dearth of yard puddles in Oklahoma and other Western states requiring the use of the old “endangered species” gag.

continued...http://thecampofthesaints.org/2014/0...branch-empire/

[tod evans]

1 bird equals a 4 mile shut down?

Have these fine politicians stopped to think that birds fly?

[Origanalist]

1 bird equals a 4 mile shut down?

Have these fine politicians stopped to think that birds fly?

No need to help them out.