GREENLines, Wednesday, November 21, 2001, Issue #1512
                From The Endangered Species Coalition
      A daily news digest about endangered species, biodiversity
       related issues and the people working to stop extinction.
                        www.stopextinction.org
                              
  NATIONAL SECURITY TRUMPS ENDANGERED SPECIES: A federal appeals  court
  has denied a preliminary injunction to environmental groups who had
  "hoped to use the ESA to halt U.S. Navy bombing exercises on the Puerto
  Rican island of Vieques" says the Boston Globe, AP 11/19. The court
  ruled that "the more 'concrete' national security concerns of the Navy
  outweighed the harm to endangered species." Water Keepers and the
  Natural Resources Defense Council contend that 13 endangered species
  could be impacted by the bombing including brown pelicans, manatees, 4
  species of whales, 4 turtle species and 3 plant species.