The rare move was a sign that scientists have given up all hope of resuscitating the birds and fish. Experts have warned that a major extinction event could occur if the world doesn't move to tackle climate change.
The Ivory-billed woodpecker may still exist in Cuba, at least. :fidel-salute:
Rivers, steams, ponds, and lakes in the USA have been destroyed by pollution and other forms of intervention - dams, using too much water, removing oxbow lakes from alongside rivers, changing a river's course instead of letting it meander (literally causing the bottom of Louisiana to fall into the sea), etc.
The Waters of the United States rule from Obama to include any stream/river that fed into a navigable waterway as part of the Clean Waters Act was a good thing. There was also a huge effort by the right wing to undermine it, which the Trump admin and a federal judge did a few years ago. Fuck.
Didn't The TROOOMP admin basically remove every environmental protection? I feel like people were so caught up in the theatrics that there hasn't been much discussion of all the policy that was made or rescinded
I'd like to know which protections removed by the Trump admin were added back by Biden (if any, they don't give a shit about climate change and barely care about water quality), I'll look it up later.
Federal courts helped remove a lot of these restrictions too, so it's not like Biden could add them back without doing a Bidenist purge of judges.
There's been sightings every few years, but no concrete evidence at some point. I wouldn't be surprised if there are relict populations deep in the swamps of the southeast US.
Such a shame, they were a really awesome bird. I really hope at some point in the future we can bring recently extinct species back with cloning and selective breeding.
The Ivory-billed woodpecker may still exist in Cuba, at least. :fidel-salute:
Rivers, steams, ponds, and lakes in the USA have been destroyed by pollution and other forms of intervention - dams, using too much water, removing oxbow lakes from alongside rivers, changing a river's course instead of letting it meander (literally causing the bottom of Louisiana to fall into the sea), etc.
The Waters of the United States rule from Obama to include any stream/river that fed into a navigable waterway as part of the Clean Waters Act was a good thing. There was also a huge effort by the right wing to undermine it, which the Trump admin and a federal judge did a few years ago. Fuck.
Didn't The TROOOMP admin basically remove every environmental protection? I feel like people were so caught up in the theatrics that there hasn't been much discussion of all the policy that was made or rescinded
I'd like to know which protections removed by the Trump admin were added back by Biden (if any, they don't give a shit about climate change and barely care about water quality), I'll look it up later.
Federal courts helped remove a lot of these restrictions too, so it's not like Biden could add them back without doing a Bidenist purge of judges.
There's been sightings every few years, but no concrete evidence at some point. I wouldn't be surprised if there are relict populations deep in the swamps of the southeast US.
Such a shame, they were a really awesome bird. I really hope at some point in the future we can bring recently extinct species back with cloning and selective breeding.