Religious group joins environmentalist in suing US over 'hapless' toad

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Religious group joins environmentalist in suing US over 'hapless' toad
Reuters, via Herald Sun, UK


A US environmental group and a Christian prayer network have joined forces to sue the Bush administration over the fate of an endangered toad.

It is the same "hapless" amphibian at the centre of a legal opinion by US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.

The Centre for Biological Diversity and Christians Caring for Creation claim in their federal lawsuit that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to protect the California habitat of the endangered arroyo toad.

Judge Roberts issued an opinion in a separate case involving the arroyo toad in 2003, while sitting as a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, an opinion that has been criticised by liberal groups as evidence of his "radical" views on states rights and environmental laws.

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12110

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