US significantly weakens Endangered Species Act | World News, The Indian Express

US significantly weakens Endangered Species Act | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: August 13, 2019 9:07:01 am

US significantly weakens Endangered Species Act

The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law and making it harder to protect wildlife from the multiple threats posed by climate change.

Trump administration on August 12, 2019, announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and the American alligator from extinction. (Photo: Josh Haner/The New York Times)

Written by Lisa Friedman