| Interior hesitates on sage grouse |
The Baltimore Sun
March 5, 2010, Jim Tankersley
The Interior Department declared today that an iconic western bird deserves federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, but declined to offer that protection immediately - a split-decision that will allow oil and gas drilling to continue across large swaths of the mountainous West....
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