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Politics : The Exxon Free Environmental Thread
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From: S. maltophilia8/25/2025 10:01:00 PM
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......In 2021, a record 1,100 manatees died statewide, driven largely by seagrass loss. The following year a nonprofit group sued the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, claiming that the agency had violated the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on “harm,” which has long been interpreted to include damage to vulnerable species’ habitats. This interpretation has safeguarded salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest, nesting grounds for sea turtles, feeding areas for whooping cranes, and more—protecting not just individual animals but the ecosystems they rely on. This spring, a federal appeals court agreed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection had a duty to do better, blocking new septic tanks and requiring the agency to launch a supplemental feeding program for manatees.

The boundaries of harm, however, are changeable. Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced a radical reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act’s regulations, which would limit the definition of the term harm and exclude habitat destruction. Environmental advocates have warned that this change would accelerate extinctions. Roughly 90 percent of listed species are now in danger at least partly because the places they’ve lived have disappeared or been altered because of threats such as climate change or....

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