'Extinction is not inevitable—it is a political choice.' CenterForBioDiv
"Extinction is not inevitable—it is a political choice," says a new petition calling for bold changes to the Endangered Species Act.The Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday laid out a comprehensive case for the Biden administration to go far beyond simply mending the damage done by President Donald Trump to the Endangered Species Act, calling on officials to strengthen the law"to save life on Earth from the extinction crisis.", the organization made the case that the U.
Under the Trump administration, CBD said in the 50-page legal filing, officials"caused unprecedented damage to the Act" by gutting a rule which provided threatened species and endangered species with the same level of protection and issuing guidance which said the USFWS need not tell landowners that they need a permit if their activities will harm species, among other rollbacks.
However, wrote the group,"the extensive damage done during Trump's four years in office must be put in the context of a law that was already not being fully enforced." Defining"significant portion of its range" to fulfill Congress' intent that species be protected before they are threatened with worldwide extinction;