Posted on 07/28/2023 4:37:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has approved two measures to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat — two endangered animals that have seen their populations plummet over the years.
In separate votes Thursday, the House gave final legislative approval to rescind protections for the lesser prairie chicken — a rare prairie bird once thought to number in the millions, but now hover around 30,000, officials said — and the long-eared bat, one of 12 bat types decimated by a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome.
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the top Democrat on the natural resources panel, said the GOP measures “give industry and not science the upper hand in making decisions about endangered species.’'
He labeled Republican opposition to the Endangered Species Act “a vendetta.” He also said the two votes on Thursday were egregious since the GOP-controlled House has not taken action to address climate change, even as Arizona and other states suffer through “one of the most brutal summers in this country’s recorded history.’'
Climate change “isn’t about some distant warning about melting icecaps in the far-off future. The climate crisis is here, it is now,’' Grijalva said, noting that Phoenix has set a record with a 27-day streak of temperatures over 110 degree Fahrenheit.
“People are suffering. People are dying, and the GOP isn’t doing a thing about it,’' he said.
The Republican majority “has had zero hearings on climate change’’ since taking over in January and has ”introduced zero bills to seriously address climate change,’' Grijalva said.
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No wonder that lately I haven’t seen a lesser prairie chicken crossing the road …
So no one cares about the Medium Prairie Chicken?
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Hate to break it to the dims....there is zero legislation that can stop or change the weather.
The AP cares about prairie chickens and bats, but injecting carp into our bodies? Nah. Always remember that they are journalists because there’s pretty much nothing else that they can do.
Oh noes! The hugh manatee!
And...?
And yet they also want to cover every inch of the prairie with windmills. I hate these people.
Well played sir!
Yes. If the AP wants to complain about some reduction of protection for bats, they should publish the annual kill numbers for electric windmills. You know, so we could see how bad the Republicans really are. Not that any of the AP hacks really care.
I volunteer to finish off the bats with my 410 shotgun, so no one has to worry.
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