President Donald Trump has eviscerated the Endangered Species Act at the worst possible time for wildlife and the planet. And humans will ultimately pay the price.
The Trump administration released a suite of new regulations this week that take a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act and the conservation of endangered and threatened species.
This is a critical time for wildlife and the planet, and policymakers should be doing all they can to strengthen laws like the ESA that protect nature for ourselves and for future generations. But the Trump administration's new regulations undermine the act's science-based listing process, weaken protections for critical habitat and turns a blind eye to the impacts of climate change.
I also testified before Congress in March 2019 on the state of wildlife. Unlike Bernhardt, I am most definitely losing sleep over what is happening to our wildlife, our planet and us. Human activities are exacting an increasingly destructive toll on wildlife and the habitats on which they depend, at the same time as policy attacks by some in Congress and the Trump administration undermine essential frameworks for protecting wildlife and public lands.
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