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Oil, Gas and Wind Industries Await Ruling on Prairie Chicken
2013-01-13 06:38:07| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In a few months, a grouse known as the lesser prairie chicken will emerge from its West Texas winter hideaway. Males will do a loud and elaborate mating dance, delighting females and bird-watchers. But there will be less dancing now, because the chickens numbers have declined. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, acting under the Endangered Species Act, will decide by the end of September whether to put the birds on its list of threatened species. Such a move could have serious repercussions...
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