During a hearing examining the proposal in the committee, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said "I believe that we are considering a bill that in its total conception is taking us in the wrong direction" at a time when the world is in a “global extinction crisis." … [Read more...] about Dems Slam GOP Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act
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Endangered Species Act stripped of key provisions in Trump administration proposal
Conservationists who worried about the changes, expected for months, said their fears were realized. "These regulations are the heart of how the Endangered Species Act is implemented. Imperiled species depend on them for their very lives," said Jamie Rappaport Clark, a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who is now president and chief executive of Defenders of Wildlife, a non-profit advocacy group. … [Read more...] about Endangered Species Act stripped of key provisions in Trump administration proposal
Trump administration proposes limiting habitat protections for endangered species
The changes include potential limits on habitat protections, an end to automatic protections for threatened plants and animals, and streamlining inter-agency consultations when federal government actions could jeopardize a species. … [Read more...] about Trump administration proposes limiting habitat protections for endangered species
Trump Administration Takes Aim At Endangered Species Act
Earlier this week, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) ― a vocal critic of the act ― introduced a draft bill that would give more power to states to handle species management and recovery in order to increase “regulatory certainty for landowners.” In his opening remarks, Barrasso rolled out a favorite point of Endangered Species Act opponents: that of the 2,393 species listed as threatened or endangered, only 54 ― or approximately 3 percent ― have been delisted because of their recovery. A doctor with those numbers, he said, would “deserve to lose” their medical license. … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Takes Aim At Endangered Species Act
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 letters: Trump’s tweet, unaffiliated voters, endangered species
Unaffiliated voters did indeed participate in large numbers in the primary. According to the Secretary of State’s figures, 280,958 cast votes in either the Democratic or Republican primary out of the 1,158,700 who voted. That’s 24.2 percent of the total. … [Read more...] about Wednesday, July 25, 2018 letters: Trump’s tweet, unaffiliated voters, endangered species
