TAKE ACTION! Endangered Critters Beware: Pipeline X-ing 17NOV11

THIS call to action from EarthJustice addresses the huge project proposed by nisource, a gas pipeline company. The want the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to grant them carte blanche for 50 years over a mile wide, 15000 mile long pipeline corridor (that's almost 10 million acres) covering the nation from Louisiana to New York. Carte Blanche means they will be allowed to do almost anything they want on this land, including hunting, killing and destroying the habitat of over 70 threatened and endangered species found in their proposed corridor. No company should be granted this kind of authority, that is why EarthJustice is asking people to send a message to the US FWS opposing the nisource pipeline proposal. Please click the link and send your comments to the FWS......

TAKE ACTION! Endangered Critters Beware: Pipeline X-ing
	The oil and gas industry has already written itself loopholes into the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act and many other laws. Now they’re gunning for the Endangered Species Act. Take Action Today!
The country is in the midst of an unprecedented oil and gas rush — brought on by a toxic and controversial technology known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking." And if polluting our air and water weren’t enough, now the oil and gas industry looks willing to run right over any animals that get in the way of their latest pipeline expansion plans. NiSource, a big gas pipeline company, is pressuring the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) to issue a permit that would allow NiSource to hurt and kill endangered species anywhere along a mile-wide, 15,000-mile-long pipeline corridor. And to top it off, NiSource wants the permit to last for fifty years! We’ve seen a lot of oil and gas industry over-reaching in recent years. But the scope of this latest demand is, quite simply, shocking. This nearly 10-million acre swath of land, covering 14 states from Louisiana to New York, is home to the Eastern bog turtle (pictured), the Louisiana black bear, and the Virginia flying squirrel and over 70 other threatened and endangered species. The oil and gas industry has already written itself loopholes into the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act and many other laws. Now they’re gunning for the Endangered Species Act. The beleaguered officials at FWS just might cave into industry’s latest demand — unless they hear from you. FWS is giving members of the public until December 13 to weigh in with their concerns. Tell the Fish & Wildlife Service that NiSource’s request is too big and puts too many endangered animals at risk for too many years to be approved. Thank you, Earthjustice

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Photo Credits: Top: A baby bog turtle is dwarfed by a human hand. Bog turtles are a threatened species that could be impacted by the NiSource ESA exemption. (Rosie Walunas/USFWS) Bottom: Brown pelicans nesting on Breton Island, Louisiana (USFWS)

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