保育官員違法下台 美保育政策將重新檢討 - 生態環境討論

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摘譯自2007年7月20日ENS美國，華府報導；游珮綺編譯；蔡麗伶審校

美國魚類暨野生物管理局（USFWS）20日發表聲明指出，因弊案醜聞纏身而下台的前布希
政府官員，其任內有關「瀕危物種法」的八項決策，由於面臨到外界不當利用科學研究與
涉及不法的質疑聲浪，將有可能重新調整。

上述面臨重新檢視的決策，均是由前任負責魚類、野生物與公園事務的副助理部長麥當諾
（Julie MacDonald）所負責，她在一片醜聞疑雲當中於4月30日去職。

麥當諾的去職起因於今年三月間，內政部督察長發現麥當諾違反數項聯邦倫理規範，她不
僅將政府機密文件洩漏給企業遊說團體，同時還恐嚇美國魚類及野生物管理局的科學家，
並扭曲科學建議、壓縮對瀕危物種的保護措施。

因此，在今年5月9日召開國會委員上，新任副助理部長史卡雷特（Lynn Scarlett）曾承
諾，將重新檢視麥當諾不當介入的瀕危物種行動。



Fired Official's Endangered Species Decisions Revisited
WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2007 (ENS)

Eight decisions made by a disgraced Bush administration official under the
Endangered Species Act could be reversed after questions were raised about
the integrity of the science used and whether the decisions were made
illegally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today.

The decisions in question were overseen by former Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Julie MacDonald, who resigned April 30 under
a cloud of scandal.

Her resignation followed a Department of the Interior Inspector General's
report in March finding that MacDonald violated federal ethics rules by
leaking sensitive government documents to industry lobbyists, browbeating
U.S. Fish and Wildlife scientists, and illegally overturning scientific
recommendations to squelch protections for endangered species.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett promised a Congressional
committee on May 9 that she would review endangered species actions that
MacDonald may have inappropriately influenced.


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