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State to Appeal Ruling on Whooping Crane Deaths

Attorney General Greg Abbott has announced that the state will appeal a federal ruling that found the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality responsible for the deaths of 23 rare whooping cranes.

By Mose Buchele, KUT News
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, during a Senate Finance committee hearing on Feb. 5, 2013
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

Attorney General Greg Abbott has announced that the state will appeal a federal ruling that found the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality responsible for the deaths of rare whooping cranes. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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