Enviros plan lawsuit claiming pesticides are harming endangered species

A conservation group says it plans to sue the federal government, claiming hundreds of protected animal species have been impacted because it has not evaluated or regulated nearly 400 pesticides. The Center for Biological Diversity sent the Environmental Protection Agency a letter of intent to sue on Thursday. It says the agency violated the Endangered Species Act by not consulting with wildlife regulators about the pesticides' impacts. The organization says as many as 887 species may be harmed, including the Florida panther, coho salmon and California condor...read more