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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsButterfly sanctuary expected to be plowed over for Trump's border wall
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/butterfly-sanctuary-in-texas-expected-to-be-plowed-over-for-trumps-border-wall/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=60728610MISSION, Texas -- A protected habitat of butterflies along the Rio Grande is expected to be plowed over to clear the way for President Trump's border wall after the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge by environmental groups. The justices this week upheld a District Court ruling to allow the Trump administration to bypass 28 federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Air Act, to be waived for southern border wall construction.
Three organizations, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, had sued the government, claiming construction of the wall would harm plants, wildlife and other species such as fairy shrimp and the Quino checkerspot butterfly.
Hundreds of thousands of butterflies housed at the nonprofit National Butterfly Center will be in jeopardy after about 70 percent of the center's land winds up on the other side of the border wall, according to Marianna Wright, the executive director of the center.
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Butterfly sanctuary expected to be plowed over for Trump's border wall (Original Post)
Beaverhausen
Dec 2018
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C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)1. Not without funding.
Stupid fn wall
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)2. He even hates butterflies. Smh.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)3. K & R for exposure.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)4. Fucking asshole! Note the belt buckle
C Moon
(12,213 posts)6. She's as criminal as the rest of them.
Botany
(70,501 posts)8. I think she is "his handler" for Putin.
n/t
BTW the stupid is strong w/this one. His wall would hurt the Mexican Grey Wolf and the
Jaguar too.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)5. Madam Speaker says he's not getting any funding for the wall
I imagine she means it.
Oldtimeralso
(1,937 posts)7. Why does he need our money?
"Mexico is going to pay for it!"