ANTI-ESA RIDER DEFEATED:  Conferees rejected a rider
to a supplemental
spending bill that would have “exempted DOD from
complying with the ESA
when species or their habitats are threatened by
increases in water
consumption in areas surrounding military
installations” says Environment
& Energy Daily 7/19.  Thanks to backing by Senate
Appropriations Chair
Robert Byrd, “adamant opposition” by Senator Jim
Jeffords prevailed
over House conferees pushing for the exemption.



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