Thousands of environmental extraction projects get rubber-stamped every year under the ESA — none are ever judged to seriously harm wildlife. If “jeopardy” can’t be found even as species collapse, the law is no longer protection — it’s permission to finish them off.
We saved elephant seals, sea otters from extinction. Congress puts that at risk. | Opinion
Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, otters, seals and whales.