I am incredibly concerned…

I am incredibly concerned and outraged by the replacement of the Endangered Species Act. Politicians and bureaucrats have neither the education, expertise or impartiality to replace scientists in deciding which plants and animals should be protected. This bill also abolishes obligations for the government to create recovery strategies and report on them, completely hollowing the act. The endangered species act is a commitment, a responsibility, and a moral obligation, it cannot be waived when one finds it inconvenient. It should have teeth and it should have hoops to jump through. The government should act to find optimal and creative solutions for all of its problems, including the rapidly escalating environmental crisis, not simply pretend that only one problem exists at a time. Erasing the rulebook is not how you find solutions. Instead consider that there is more than enough unprotected land to support housing, transit and infrastructure projects. Our environment is not something to be sacrificed for vague "economic progress," especially when the "progress" is based on regressive mining and construction practices that are unsustainable and cause more problems than they solve. Are we going to spend our finite time on this planet killing everything around us, or will we have consideration for the fact that we are only one part of a complicated network of species and relationships with infinite value?