Washington D.C. – The USA held elections for workplaces with authority over the Endangered Species Act and different measures influencing biodiversity. Such workplaces embrace the President, thirty-four seats within the Senate, all seats within the Home of Representatives, and quite a few seats at State and native ranges of presidency.
“Within the aftermath of the US 2024 elections, one actuality stays unchanged – human actions are driving over a million species to extinction,” stated Susan Holmes, govt director. “President-Elect Trump and the brand new Senate majority aren’t any buddies to wildlife. Mr. Trump and his allies have said that they may search to finish protections for susceptible species like wolves and grizzlies and open up important habitats to grease and gasoline improvement. We are going to do all we will to cease President-Elect Trump’s extinction agenda earlier than cherished plant and animal species are misplaced perpetually.”
In its first 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has saved 99% of the species it shielded from extinction. As human-driven habitat loss, local weather change, air pollution, and direct overexploitation of wildlife enhance worldwide, transformative modifications throughout financial, technological, social, and political elements are wanted to halt the ongoing international extinction disaster.
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