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On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
They sunset the protections of the ESA, as if the extinction crisis were over, as if no more imperiled species needed further protection, as if we have learned nothing from the passenger pigeon.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of bills that weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections.

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