Post by Logan on Jan 29, 2017 14:48:41 GMT -6
If Republicans Gut Endangered Species Act, Arizona Could Lose Big Time
Former President Barack Obama once lectured Republicans not long after taking office in 2009, "Elections have consequences." Now that Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House, the consequences for the environment could be devastating.
Specifically, GOPers are eyeing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for extinction.
Republicans have targeted the act for years with little success. But according to a recent report by the Washington Post, Republicans see Donald Trump's ascendancy as an opportunity to gut the law for good.
The article quotes House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) as crowing that he would "love to invalidate" the law. He said it has been "hijacked" and "has never been used for the rehabilitation of species," but rather, he contended, "for control of the land."
Read more: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/if-republicans-gut-endangered-species-act-arizona-could-lose-big-time-9005336
Former President Barack Obama once lectured Republicans not long after taking office in 2009, "Elections have consequences." Now that Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House, the consequences for the environment could be devastating.
Specifically, GOPers are eyeing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for extinction.
Republicans have targeted the act for years with little success. But according to a recent report by the Washington Post, Republicans see Donald Trump's ascendancy as an opportunity to gut the law for good.
The article quotes House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) as crowing that he would "love to invalidate" the law. He said it has been "hijacked" and "has never been used for the rehabilitation of species," but rather, he contended, "for control of the land."
Read more: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/if-republicans-gut-endangered-species-act-arizona-could-lose-big-time-9005336