http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/briefing-highlights-importance-of-ecosystem-services-in-gulf-of-mexico/ EcoTone focuses on ecological science in the news and its use in policy, conservation and education. Tue, 07 May 2013 01:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/briefing-highlights-importance-of-ecosystem-services-in-gulf-of-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-35769 Terence Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:11:48 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=6369#comment-35769 Hi Luise, you can read the actual bill text of the lawmakers’ proposals by going to this link: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php# and plugging in the bill numbers (H.R. 3096 for the Rep. Scalise bill and H.R. 480 for the Castor bill). My understanding is the 80 percent relates to penalties directed specifically at those responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

]]> http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/briefing-highlights-importance-of-ecosystem-services-in-gulf-of-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-35768 Luise Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:58:12 +0000 http://www.esa.org/esablog/?p=6369#comment-35768 Giving over 80% of funds from a national program intended to serve all 50 states without a specific timeline seems too political motivated for my tastes. I did not read the entire bill (isn’t finished being written) so I don’t know if in fact there is a stated period of time as to how long the gulf states would receive these monies. If there is a specific period of time that these monies would be given to the gulf states, it would have my support. However, if no specific time is written into the bill, it becomes just another political football. Rather than giving money to places it is needed, it goes to predetermined places or mined off by powerful politicians.

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