BREAKING: The Trump administration just announced an issuance of two rules that substantially weaken protections for imperiled species. It shouldn't be up to corporations to decide where imperiled species safely live.
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For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers https://therevelator.org/for-bald-eagles/
For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers • The RevelatorThis excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national bird — which many people already forget almost disappeared.therevelator.org"A state like #Arizona could see greater effects than other states because so many of its listed species depend on isolated mountain ranges, fragile desert springs, and riparian streams where #HabitatLoss is the primary driver of endangerment." Get the rest in this coverage by @azcentral.com ⬇️
Trump rule would allow drilling, mining on critical species habitatThe Interior Department adopted a new rule that would allow oil and gas drilling and other activities on species habitat.www.azcentral.com
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The @biologicaldiversity.org has successfully fended off this project before and we're poised to do it again. Read more about the Trump administration's latest approval to drain an ancient aquifer from the Mojave Desert. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: Trump greenlights California's dumbest water projectThe Cadiz water project, a plan to drain water from the Mojave desert, has been fought by environmentalists for a quarter-century. Trump just approved it — again.www.latimes.comWe are urging the #EPA to amend its label regulations by requiring a chronic hazard warning on the front of pesticide labels, with a cancer warning on all #pesticides the agency has determined are probable, likely, or possible causes of #cancer.
Center for Biological Diversity pushing EPA to require cancer labels on pesticides - Brownfield Ag NewsAn environmental group is petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to uphold the Trump administration’s MAHA mandate and add cancer warning labels on all pesticides. CropLife America Presi...www.brownfieldagnews.com“Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to build yet another dam on the Pearl. We’re at a pivotal moment where we need to protect the turtles’ critical habitat or risk losing them forever,” said Lindsay Reeves, a senior attorney at the Center.
Lawsuit Seeks Critical Habitat Protection for Pearl River Map Turtle in Mississippi, LouisianaJACKSON, Miss.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to protect critical habitat for Pearl River map turtles. These turtles live only in the Pe...biologicaldiversity.orgThe science is clear that grizzlies need full federal protection to recover, not a rule that will lead to even more grizzly bear mortality. More information on the proposed rule below. ⬇️
Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Allow More Killing of Grizzly BearsCenter for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration today announced a revised Endangered Species Act rule that would allow more killing of grizzly bears across the lower 48 states, w...biologicaldiversity.org"For most all species, the number-one driver of #extinction [is] damage and harm to their habitat, whether that's grazing, whether that's pollution, whether that's #ClimateChange," says Tara Zuardo, a senior campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity.
NPRBy altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing. n.pr/4wCwMd9
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For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers -- an excerpt from the new book "The Earth Said Remember Me" by Jason Dove Mark. https://therevelator.org/for-bald-eagles/
For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers • The RevelatorThis excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national bird — which many people already forget almost disappeared.therevelator.org