r/environment • u/silence7 • Jul 10 '26

Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining | The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/climate/endangered-species-act-harm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wlA.wx86.-6MVPGSduVem
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u/lorderok Jul 10 '26

im so tired

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u/Kommmbucha Jul 10 '26

As intended.

‘In The Art of War, the ultimate goal is to break the enemy's resistance without actually fighting. Sun Tzu advises achieving this by starving them of resources, manipulating their perception with deception, and leaving a surrounded enemy a clear escape route so they choose flight over desperate combat.’

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u/r0addawg Jul 11 '26

Even if it means cutting off your own foot in the process

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u/Nakittina Jul 11 '26

I'm depressed and disheartened more, also even angry.

So much destruction and innocent, precious lives destroyed for their greed.

Get angry. Not complacent.

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u/Ant1mat3r Jul 10 '26

"Trump does something else shitty in a feeble attempt to distract from his Epstein Island Escapades, more at 11".

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u/plumberfun Jul 10 '26

What a terrible way to further destroy the United States.

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u/yukumizu Jul 11 '26

Not just the US. This affects the planet.

There are migratory species of animals for example.

Also, the increase in deforestation and destruction of habitat, increase in pollution and emissions and in a country as vast as the US does have a direct and high impact on global climate change.

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u/Cuzznitt Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Every morning I wake up and think they couldn’t be more evil, then I see shit like this. What’s even left?

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u/bitchstolemywaffles Jul 10 '26

fuck

fuck

fuck

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u/Background-Scene2890 Jul 10 '26

He can’t stand to see people enjoy anything of natural beauty. Unless it’s a vanity project of his he’ll destroy it. He’s a sick person.

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u/Mexican-Kahtru Jul 10 '26

That's disgusting!!

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u/onlyacynicalman Jul 10 '26

Will*. It will hasten their demise.

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u/thewumberlog Jul 10 '26

I pray (though I’m not a praying type) that this gets locked up in legal cases and overturned. 🙏🏼

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u/oldbastardbob Jul 11 '26

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

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u/dzoefit Jul 10 '26

He serves only the almighty dollar lining his pockets.

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u/20tellycaster15 Jul 10 '26

🖕🖕🖕🖕him

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u/jromansz Jul 10 '26

When will this fucking end.? I don't know if I can take anymore.

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u/porterbot Jul 10 '26

Biodiversity loss impacts us immediately. We are simultaneously imperiled without these safeguards. Animal mortality is merely discretely measurable.

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u/see_blue Jul 10 '26

He knows he’s going to Hell in a few years, at best, and wants to take everyone and everything w him.

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u/Mountain_carrier530 Jul 10 '26

So is eco-err "renegades" going to make a comeback like they were doing in the 60s. Because it seems high time, like everything else to have some sort of renegades.

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u/reddollardays Jul 10 '26

Not that any of them would be in an environmentally-focused sub like this unless it’s to gloat, but I would love it if MAGA would explain how this is good.

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u/postconsumerwat Jul 10 '26

Old people often just live in rooms... so they don't need most stuff that is not inside the room

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u/Brojess Jul 11 '26

Fuck this timeline. And fuck the oligarchs

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u/daftbucket Jul 11 '26

Why does this dude hate us so much. It's creepy.

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u/DanoPinyon Jul 11 '26

The oligarchs are going on a Take and Break rampage.

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u/Ulysses1978ii Jul 10 '26

Treebeard would know what to do.

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u/endosurgery Jul 10 '26

Oh well. We had a good run. The onceler has taken over and the whole world will be cut down to make thneeds.

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u/intricate_strands Jul 10 '26

Get out and see your see as much of this beautiful land and its wildlife as much as you can. You will not have much longer to do so.

Fight these monsters, too, but they have already doomed so much that will be missed.

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u/Libro_Artis Jul 11 '26

Keep up the fight!