"Trump administration just issued a death sentence to nearly 300 threatened species" [View all]
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From The Center for Biological Diversity:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/threatened-species-04-04-2018.php
Trump Administration Proposes Ending Most Protections for Nearly 300 Threatened Species
Rule Would Eliminate 40-year-old Protective Framework in Major Gift to Polluters
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of the Interior quietly sent a proposed rule to the White House on Monday that would effectively rescind most protections for nearly 300 species designated as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The rule targets about 70 species in California, another 20 in Hawaii, and scores more fish, birds, mammals and plants around the country. They include southern sea otters, northern spotted owls, piping plovers, red knots, Yosemite toads, delta smelt, Santa Catalina Island foxes and gopher tortoises. (A full list is available on request).
Mondays proposal would rescind a crucial 40-year-old rule.
In 1975 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enacted a rule granting threatened species the same level of protection as endangered species; only if the Service determined that fewer protections were warranted could protections be relaxed.
The Trump administration just issued a death sentence to nearly 300 threatened species, said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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