The Trump administration announced reckless and potentially devastating new rules Monday that will weaken the Endangered Species Act, which currently bestows a mantle of protection over 1,663 species of animals and plants. Of those, 1,275 are considered endangered and close to extinction. Another 388 are listed as threatened — the polar bear is one — and at risk of becoming endangered.
California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra and his counterpart in Massachusetts announced Monday they were considering filing a lawsuit to challenge the new rules. We certainly hope they will. These irresponsible and short-sighted changes will lead to further extinctions, damage the ecosystem and set back the nation’s efforts to protect wildlife — all as a gift to industry, which finds the law costly and burdensome.
Also, the act has always protected species designated as endangered from being “taken,” meaning that they can’t be killed or maimed or harassed. A threatened species got the same protection, except in the case of a special rule specifying otherwise. The new rules remove that automatic protection for threatened species, unless there is a specific rule written.
opinion fear mongering.
opinion liberals wring their feckless translucent hands and say...oh he's a bad man
opinion WIND farms are the 1 KILLER of the Bald Eagle...
opinion Read the Act, not the liberal spin? Are liberals for science when it applies to climate change ONLY? “The Secretary shall make a [listing] determination solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial information regarding a species’ status.”
opinion UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!! Don’t let this happen please
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