100 Animals and Plants Just Got Some Much-Needed Help
The rule would narrow habitat safeguards and could open more protected land to oil, gas and logging projects, critics said.
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Trump cites a Supreme Court dissent that lost 6–3 to gut endangered-species protections
The Orange Menace claims his administration restored the Endangered Species Act to the meaning Antonin Scalia "explained." Scalia explained it in a dissent. The Supreme Court's 6–3 majority upheld the definition Trump's administration just erased. For 50 years, the definition of "harm" included any significant habitat modification that killed or injured wildlife by disrupting their breeding, feeding, or sheltering grounds. — Read the rest The p…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced restrictions on some environmental protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. He said the law actually restricts human activity, citing concerns that protecting wildlife could slow down mineral extraction or infrastructure development.
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The Independent (US)Trump says he is rolling back protections for endangered species
President Donald Trump claims ‘Radical Climate Activists’ have held back the exploitation of U.S. natural resources by ‘drastically and unreasonably expanding the intended scope’ of 1973 act designed to safeguard wildlife
100 Animals and Plants Just Got Some Much-Needed Help
The Trump administration is rolling back protections for endangered species. Countries around the world are failing to deliver on their conservation commitments. Corporations are backpedaling on environmental pledges.
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