Trump administration seeks endangered species rule changes

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Matthew Brown, Associated Press
Updated 12:41 pm CDT, Thursday, July 19, 2018

DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration wants to change how endangered species are protected by the U.S. government.

Administration officials on Thursday proposed new rules they said would advance conservation by simplifying and improving how the landmark Endangered Species Act is used.

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.

Wildlife advocates say the changes will speed extinctions in the name of furthering the administration's anti-environment agenda.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Trump-administration-seeks-endangered-species-13088773.php

[yallerdawg]

1. This administration is the very definition of...

an Extinction Level Event.

[John Fante]

2. I hope Democrats are keeping a detailed list of all this

shit, so we can undo it the second this plague is out of office.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Is anyone surprised by this?

He wants to kill plants, animals, and people with his Climate Change denials, this just gives him the chance to kill more and faster. If his SCOTUS pick is confirmed the ACA is history and the elderly, poor, and those with preexisting conditions will be dying too.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. This is THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS for our environment

I could pour motor oil over all of them

[2naSalit]

5. By profession

I am an ESA specialist and this triggers my PTSD even worse than the daily embarrassment I face daily by being an American.

[Bayard]

6. This stuff is killing me

I'd like to see up to date stats on depression in this country.