Let’s chop the Endangered Species Act to bits, shall we?

Pharyngula 2025-05-14

Summary:

Uh-oh. The lawyers have been deployed. They’re trying to parse the wording of the Endangered Species Act to legalize habitat destruction, narrowing its meaning to apply only to the direct killing of organisms, but killing the environment? That does not apply. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits the “take” of endangered species. (1) Under the […]

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https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/14/lets-chop-the-endangered-species-act-to-bits-shall-we/

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Gudgeon and gist » Pharyngula

Tags:

environment

Authors:

PZ Myers

Date tagged:

05/14/2025, 13:30

Date published:

05/14/2025, 08:19