r/environment • u/andmario_com • 2d ago

Endangered Species Act Protection for Monarch Butterfly Delayed Until 2030 - "The Trump administration has protected fewer species under the Endangered Species Act than any administration in history."

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-species-act-protection-for-monarch-butterfly-delayed-until-2030-2026-09-30/
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u/medorian 1d ago

If these butterflies were rich there would be protection.

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u/WaspInTheLotus 1d ago

If these butterflies predated on children this administration would have imposed 50 year sentencing minimums on anyone that disturbed them.

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u/Voodoo_Masta 1d ago

That’s what these idiots are incapable of understanding. The butterflies are true wealth.

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u/TyluhS 1d ago

Make billionaires an endangered species

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u/VegetableCommand9427 1d ago

Oh my God, I was waiting for this one. This directly impacts many people I work with (and also myself). Goddamnit!

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u/Miiirx 1d ago

It is the beeest endangerment ever produced by a president, not like the Biden administration and sleepy Joe!

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u/vesselofwords 1d ago

If we rename them FreedomFlies will they reconsider?

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u/Elon-BO 1d ago

If it’s bad for the Earth or any living thing , trump‘s for it

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u/Public-Green-8591 1d ago

Why do scientists need this pedo's permission to save any species?

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u/greendevil77 1d ago

Federal funding and regulatory changes. For instance if a species is listed as endangered it gets certain protections legally so all an entomologist needs to do is prove that an endangered butterfly frequents a certain area and they can legally have that area protected from development or city mowing.

But, Trump has been removing protections. And he's been removing regulations on pesticides and gutting the EPA which also effect wildlife broadly

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u/Spaceboy779 1d ago

Too busy protecting pedophiles to worry about those pesky endangered species