Good morning, here is a list of all 277 species known to have gone extinct in North America since the arrival of Europeans. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
The list is incomplete but it is growing. This spring, the Fish and Wildlife Service prepared to remove 23 additional species from the Endangered Species Act. The reason? They have gone extinct, and are no longer in need of protection. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
This is a map of the United States. The red areas are regions where native species populations have fallen below the "safe" limit for ecological stability. There is a lot of red. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
Across the world the species extinction rate is currently tens, perhaps *hundreds* of times greater than the normal rate. It is accelerating.
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Biologists warn that we need these species to survive. "We are wasting our own future." washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
In the midst of *all of this*, the Trump administration announced new rules weakening some of the fundamental provisions of the endangered species act. Scientists condemned the change. Industry groups cheered. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
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