WH Moves To Further Gut Endangered Species Act
The memo would limit liability to intentional harm, a shift critics say could weaken habitat safeguards and increase deaths from drilling, mining and farming.
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WH Moves To Further Gut Endangered Species Act
The New York Times reports: In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times. Under a new interpretation of the law’s language outlined in the memo, the accidental killing or … The post WH Moves To Further Gut Endangered Species Act appeared first on Joe.My.God..
Trump Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
“In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act,” the New York Times reports. “Under a new interpretation of the law’s language outlined in the memo, the accidental killing or injury of an animal would no longer be considered illegal; only actions specifically intending to target an animal would.”
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