These six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry

These six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry

Posted by on Jul 30, 2018 @ 11:37 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: July 30, 2018

Republicans in the western United States have been trying to whittle away the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since Donald Trump took office. Under new proposals, wildlife managers would limit protections for species designated as “threatened” (a level below endangered), consider the economic costs prior to defending a species, and de-emphasize long-term threats such as...

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House Republicans want to ‘repeal and replace’ the Endangered Species Act

House Republicans want to ‘repeal and replace’ the Endangered Species Act

Posted by on Dec 28, 2016 @ 2:28 pm in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: December 28, 2016

After attempts to chip away at the law bill by bill, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop says he’d rather scrap the Endangered Species Act altogether. The delta smelt, a tiny, silvery-blue fish hanging on for survival in California’s San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary, is notorious among opponents of the Endangered Species Act. Efforts to help the smelt have...

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