Post AtBSeA3cbVLRjrkyVE by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AtBRV3ichZOLWG1xmy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:38:09Z
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#EndangeredSpecies' habitat at risk under #Trump proposal The Trump admin is proposing to significantly limit the #EndangeredSpeciesAct's power to preserve crucial #habitats by changing the definition of one word: #harm.#Law #Science #Wildlife #Conservation #Climate https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5366814/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule
(DIR) Post #AtBRrz0qMhIdaGU4yO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:42:25Z
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The #Trump admin proposed a rule change that would prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the #habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to #log, #mine & build on #lands that #EndangeredSpecies need to thrive."#Habitat loss is the biggest single cause of #extinction & endangered species—it makes sense to address it,"Ctr for Biological Diversity govt affairs dir Brett Hartl said. He called efforts to deny that cause "callous & reckless."
(DIR) Post #AtBS2PDxlXdTm1ag6q by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:44:17Z
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"Any conservation gains species were making will be reversed—we're going to see losses again," he said.Under the #EndangeredSpecies Act, it's illegal to "take" an endangered species. By #law, "take" is defined to mean actions that harass, harm, or kill species. For decades, federal agencies have interpreted "harm" broadly, to include actions that modify or degrade #habitats in ways that impair endangered species' ability to feed, breed or find shelter.#Science #Wildlife #Conservation #Climate
(DIR) Post #AtBSFebPtvDjEVsV9M by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:46:42Z
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That interpretation has been a crucial part of how the #EndangeredSpecies Act has protected over 1,700 species since its passage in 1973, said Hartl. It's helped preserve spawning grounds for #AtlanticSturgeon, allowing them to mate & sustain the population. It has protected old-growth #forests in the Pacific Northwest that house northern #SpottedOwls, saving them from #extinction.#Law #Science #Wildlife #Conservation #Climate
(DIR) Post #AtBSeA3cbVLRjrkyVE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:51:07Z
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In the 1990s, #timber companies that wanted to harvest those old-growth #forests challenged the govt's broad interpretation of #harm. #SCOTUS ultimately upheld that interpretation in a 6-3 decision.Justice Antonin Scalia dissented w/that interpretation. He argued that in the context of wild #animals, "take" should be interpreted more literally, as an affirmative act directed against a particular animal, not an act that indirectly causes injury to a population.#Law #Wildlife #Conservation
(DIR) Post #AtBSsGnEMF8wgPojw0 by AjayCyanide@mstdn.social
2025-04-17T13:53:38Z
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@Nonilex More proof in the pudding that conservation efforts are little more than an inconvenience to a cannibalistic industry greed.
(DIR) Post #AtBSwTf6SAivkn1R0C by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:54:26Z
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The #Trump admin cites Scalia's argument in its proposal, saying it's "undertaking this change to adhere to the single, best meaning of the ESA."#Conservation experts argue that it makes no sense to adopt such a narrow definition of harm. "If you're a prairie chicken in the Southwest, & there's an oil & gas developer & they want to destroy your prime breeding display grounds, the bird can't mate," said Hartl.#Law #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Habitat #Climate
(DIR) Post #AtBTKYIMsWeV4crrLU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T13:58:47Z
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"You're not actually harming any of them directly," he said, but the end result is essentially the same.The public has 30 days to comment on the proposed rule change. The move will also likely be challenged in court.#Law #Science #Wildlife #Habitat #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation #Climate https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06746/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act
(DIR) Post #AtBTutxjnVRAhMYD7g by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T14:05:21Z
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Boy they make those instructions seem tough, here I’ve simplified it by directly linking you to the correct proposed rule comment page. Comment on the #Trump admin’s #EndangeredSpeciesAct proposed rule change redefining the word “#harm” here:https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001#Law #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Habitat #Climate
(DIR) Post #AtBVCM2gkaLAfCkijw by Thorium@social.linux.pizza
2025-04-17T14:19:39Z
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@Nonilex I will be glad when this whole bag of crooks go extinct themselves. I left a comment. Wanted to use some profanity, but didn't.
(DIR) Post #AtBXO9vNpVVuSq5mLI by potatosandwichjen@mstdn.social
2025-04-17T14:44:13Z
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@Nonilex Part of my submission:My spouse and I were both leaders in the Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of USA. We led hundreds of children through the program, an exemplary guide to outdoor ethics. I implore this administration to LEAVE NO TRACE and stay away from our crucial wildlife policies.
(DIR) Post #AtBgwlaXCcI2i2uvui by PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-04-17T16:31:17Z
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@Nonilex (1/2) My comment:I urge you to reject the proposed rule change.Clearly "the definition of “harm,” like the other nine verbs in the definition, should be construed to require an “affirmative act[ ] . . . directed immediately and intentionally against a particular animal—not [an] act[ ] or omission[ ] that indirectly and accidentally cause[s] injury to a population of animals.” " is a misleading statment that fails to recognize the ability to predict cause and effect - something scientists, and wildlife biologists, have made great progress in doing with increasing accuracy.It is clear that ANY act that changes the environment in a way that can reasonably be expected to reduce the "population" of specified animals causes harm. The fact that such act is committed by entities that know, or should have known, that it "causes injury" of protected species is clear indication of intent. (Continued)
(DIR) Post #AtBhH9mGycj5WU89hI by PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-04-17T16:34:59Z
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@Nonilex Thanks for flagging this
(DIR) Post #AtBvRYWjDH46XGiF3A by Marc48@mastodon.social
2025-04-17T19:13:46Z
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@Nonilex How to complicate something simple.