EPA Cites USDA For Wildlife Poison Violations

Update: The story as told by the Associated Press. Dog died at cyanide trap set in an off-limits area
EPA: Coyote poison wrongly placed on public road in Utah. By Mike Stark. The AP fails to mention that the dogs’ owner was poisoned too.

Unfortunately too, so far he has failed to get compensation from USDA.

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Earlier

News release from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

Contact: Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337

EPA CITES USDA FOR WILDLIFE POISON VIOLATIONS — Wildlife Services’
Sodium Cyanide Device Killed Dog and Sickened Hunter

Washington, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited a
federal wildlife eradication agency for violating safety rules
governing a highly lethal poison, according to records released today
by WildEarth Guardians and Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility (PEER). EPA’s action was sparked by placement of a
deadly sodium cyanide device on federal public lands in Utah, causing
the death of a family’s dog and the illness of its owner.

Senate Republicans block a global warming bill

Vote on climate bill is blocked in Senate. By H. Josef Hebert. Associated Press Writer.

The next Congress will look a lot different.

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U.S. Senate Abandons Global Warming Bill. By J.R. Pegg. Environmental News Service

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Republicans thwart McCain ‘greenwash’. By Leonard Doyle. The Independent (U.K)

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What Will the Next President Do About Climate Change? By Mark Hertsgaard. The Nation (on the left)

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A Qualified “Yes” to Cap-and-Trade. By William Tucker. The American Spectator (here a right-winger deviates from the party line to a degree).