Greenies In The Green
The other day, I mentioned that the Center for Biology Absurdity ... uh, Diversity ... makes big money in legal cost reimbursements. A friend emailed me the actual amount: $718,569 in 2003.
The Center brings easy-to-win critical habitat lawsuits against the US Fish & Wildlife Service, racks up hours in filing, defending and settling the lawsuits, and is reimbursed at a rate of approximately $300 an hour. It pays its eight eager young attorneys considerably less than that - the group's entire G&A expendures for the year were just $227,287.
Even before grants (more federal money) and contributions, they're using litigation to generate a profit of almost $500,000.
This is one reason why it is important to amend ESA, and one reason why the Center is foaming at the mouth about the proposed changes. There is no reason why a federal law should be a printing press to print money for radical greens.
If you haven't done so yet, go to SaveHCPs.org and send a letter to your representative in support of HR 3824. If you live outside California, by noon today PST there should be a letter up on the site that has a non-Californian slant.
Disclaimer: I am paid to work on endangered species reform, and have been since 1991. My clients' objectives fully reflect my personal beliefs on this matter.
The Center brings easy-to-win critical habitat lawsuits against the US Fish & Wildlife Service, racks up hours in filing, defending and settling the lawsuits, and is reimbursed at a rate of approximately $300 an hour. It pays its eight eager young attorneys considerably less than that - the group's entire G&A expendures for the year were just $227,287.
Even before grants (more federal money) and contributions, they're using litigation to generate a profit of almost $500,000.
This is one reason why it is important to amend ESA, and one reason why the Center is foaming at the mouth about the proposed changes. There is no reason why a federal law should be a printing press to print money for radical greens.
If you haven't done so yet, go to SaveHCPs.org and send a letter to your representative in support of HR 3824. If you live outside California, by noon today PST there should be a letter up on the site that has a non-Californian slant.
Disclaimer: I am paid to work on endangered species reform, and have been since 1991. My clients' objectives fully reflect my personal beliefs on this matter.
posted by Laer at 9:14 AM
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