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Endangered Species Act faces existential threat

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...
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U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Monday announced it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with ...
NPR

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule

The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...
East Oregonian

Letter: Don’t rescind ‘harm’ in ESA

I oppose the proposed rule change issued April 17 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would strike the word “harm” from the Endangered ...
The Hill

Researchers point finger at politics for thwarting endangered species protections process

Political battles and partisan ideologies are threatening the survival of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the animals it is supposed to serve, researchers are warning. Wildlife management under ...
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Contributor: The Endangered Species Act faces its own existential threat

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...