California and 17 other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s weakening of the Endangered Species Act. The law has ensured the survival of the California condor, the grizzly bear and other animals close to extinction.
California and 17 other states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s weakening of the Endangered Species Act, a landmark law that has ensured the survival of the California condor, the grizzly bear and other animals close to extinction.Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra has sued the Trump administration more than 60 times over its agenda of dismantling Obama-era environmental and public health regulations.
In a statement, Becerra said the administration’s rollback of the Endangered Species Act could have major repercussions for California, which has more than 300 species listed as endangered or threatened — more than any other mainland state.“As we face the unprecedented threat of a climate emergency, now is the time to strengthen our planet’s biodiversity, not to destroy it,” Becerra said.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist, has defended the new rules as a necessary modernization of a 46-year-old law that administration officials have called overly restrictive and expensive to follow. In Western states especially, where the federal government oversees large swaths of land that’s home to endangered species, the oil and gas industry, as well as farmers, loggers and ranchers, have fought to weaken the law.
The changes also mean that, for the first time, officials will be able to put a dollar figure on the cost of protecting an animal or plant.in August in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the changes to the act. Building on the administration’s rollbacks, House Republicans from Western states announced earlier this week that they areYet among most Americans, the Endangered Species Act remains popular. A 2018
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