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March 9, 2010

Obama Criticized For Adding Just Two Species to Endangered List
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The Center for Biological Diversity has criticized the Obama
administration for adding just two species to the endangered list over
the past 13 months. Rob Mrowka of the Center for Biological Diversity
said “To date, the Obama administration has not improved on the Bush
administration’s progress in providing protection to the nation’s most
endangered species.” During his eight-year tenure, Bush protected a mere
62 species. This compares to 522 protected by President Bill Clinton.



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