APNewsBreak: Changes sought for endangered act

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By MATTHEW BROWN

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Republicans in Congress say a 40-year-old law meant to protect animals and plants from extinction has become bogged down by litigation and needs to be updated.

A group of 13 GOP lawmakers released a report Tuesday detailing their proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, one of the nation's cornerstone environmental laws.

Proponents credit the act with staving off extinction for hundreds of species - from the bald eagle and American alligator to the gray whale. President Richard Nixon signed it into law in December 1973.

Republicans say only 2 percent of protected species have been declared recovered, despite billions of dollars in federal spending. They want to curtail lawsuits from environmentalists and give states more say over proposed protections.

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[MoreGOPoop]

1. They want to frac and drill

and otherwise rape and plunder OUR parks, wilderness,
water, and whatever else gets in their way. Fascist pigs.

[abelenkpe]

4. exactly nt

[hatrack]

2. Gee, what a surprise

[MBS]

3. I am so sick of these people

The damage they have done to our country is just mind-boggling.
"updated", my eye: sounds like their real intent is outright demolition of the law.

[Coyotl]

5. I'm laying odds they bring this up 45 times and it fails anyway.

But hey, donations will roll in from Big Oil!

[lark]

6. That's exactly the point

They don't care if it fails or passes, really, just want to be seen as sponsoring the 1%'s wet dreams so they can continue to haul in big contributions, disgusting sycophants that they are.

[lovuian]

7. Bee should be on the endangered list from pesticides

and things haven't changed in America but in the world it has changed