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douglas9

(4,476 posts)
Fri Jul 20, 2018, 04:36 AM Jul 2018

Endangered Species Act stripped of key provisions in Trump administration proposal

The Trump administration unveiled a proposal Thursday that would strip the Endangered Species Act of key provisions, a move that conservationists say would weaken a law enacted 45 years ago to keep plant and animal species in decline from going extinct.

The proposal, announced jointly by the Interior and Commerce departments, which are charged with protecting endangered wildlife, would end the practice of extending similar protections to species regardless of whether they are listed as endangered or threatened. If the proposal is approved, likely by year’s end, protections for threatened plants and animals would be made on a case-by-case basis.

In another rollback of a key provision, the administration wants the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to strike language that guides officials to ignore economic impacts when determining how wildlife should be protected.

“We propose to remove the phrase ‘without reference to possible economic or other impacts of such determination’ . . . to more closely align with the statutory language,” the proposed rule says. “The act requires the secretary to make determinations based ‘solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data.’ ”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/07/19/endangered-species-act-stripped-of-key-provisions-in-trump-administration-proposal/?utm_term=.6d9a786293e4

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Endangered Species Act stripped of key provisions in Trump administration proposal (Original Post) douglas9 Jul 2018 OP
This is terrible Raine Jul 2018 #1
terrible and needs coverage handmade34 Jul 2018 #2
Ironically Fox had a report on this today Raine Jul 2018 #4
This is a fucking nightmare. secondwind Jul 2018 #3

Raine

(30,608 posts)
1. This is terrible
Fri Jul 20, 2018, 04:45 AM
Jul 2018

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I wish that MSNBC or CNN would take a little of their time to cover this, 45yrs of progess reversed but not a word from them!

handmade34

(22,928 posts)
2. terrible and needs coverage
Fri Jul 20, 2018, 05:08 AM
Jul 2018

...I am so discouraged as in my normal reading of multiple sources about going ons here in the United States and elsewhere that gets no coverage... government repeal of good environmental laws, spills, explosions, etc... somethings got to give

Raine

(30,608 posts)
4. Ironically Fox had a report on this today
Fri Jul 20, 2018, 06:28 PM
Jul 2018

they even let an environmentalist make a statement on how bad this would be for endangered species. Of course those in favor got to say something too but at least they reported on it. I'm still waiting for MSNBC & CNN to say something, anything but I won't be holding my breath!

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