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"WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by
the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened
species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen
such species protections.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Northern California eliminated the Trump-era
rules even as two wildlife agencies under President Joe Biden are reviewing or
rescinding the regulations. The decision restores a range of protections under
the Endangered Species Act — including some that date to the 1970s — while the
reviews are completed. Environmental groups hailed the decision, which they
said sped up needed protections and critical habitat designations for
threatened species, including salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Tigar’s ruling “spoke for species desperately in need of comprehensive federal
protections without compromise,” said Kristen Boyles, an attorney for the
environmental group Earthjustice. “Threatened and endangered species do not
have the luxury of waiting under rules that do not protect them.”
The court ruling comes as two federal agencies — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and National Marine Fisheries Service — review five Endangered Species
Act regulations finalized by President Donald Trump’s administration, including
critical habitat designations and rules requiring federal agencies to consult
with the wildlife or fisheries services before taking actions that could affect
threatened or endangered species.
Fish and Wildlife also said it will reinstate the decades-old “blanket rule,”
which mandates additional protections for species that are newly classified as
threatened. Those protections were removed under Trump."
Via
Future Crunch Jul 25, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-aids-botswana-coal-us-ocean-colombia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
