Trump just rewrote the Endangered Species Act. Here's what's changing:
final draft of a significantly weakened Endangered Species ActThe changes center around a few key sections and even individual word choices that may seem minor at first, but can actually have far-reaching implications. Here's a simple list of what, exactly, the changes to the federal government's regulations governing endangered species: This has been the stated
and the revisions will most certainly achieve this. The changes will also clear the way for more resource extraction and land development.In the past, determinations about a species' status had to be based solely on science, but the changes will bring the cost of protecting a species into the equation. On balance this will make it more difficult to list a species compared to the current system.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has automatically given species with the less urgent designation the same protections as those considered"endangered." The changes bring the agency in line with the National Marine Fisheries Service, which has never had the same so-called"blanket rule."
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