Congressman Bishop Attempts to Invalidate the Endangered Species Act

[Sea Save Foundation]

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is close to achieving his goal: to "invalidate" the Endangered Species Act. The chair of the Natural Resources Committee has sponsored five bills that would "dismantle the law piece by piece.” Republicans say that this will modernize the Endangered Species Act, but Democrats and conservationists say “the bills would whittle away the law’s ability to save wildlife from extinction.” One part of the new measure would be to consider the economic impact of saving a species in addition to the scientific evidence. Another would prevent citizens and conservation groups from filing claims in court against the government.

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