A bill to save the Endangered Species Act

A bill to save the Endangered Species Act

Last year, President Trump gutted the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — increasing the chances of thousands of species going extinct.1

 

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The Endangered Species Act is vital.

For more than 40 years, the ESA has been the nation’s bedrock conservation law — and Environmental Action is working to ensure it can continue to defend vulnerable wildlife for generations to come.

We delivered more than 13,500 messages from Environmental Action supporters to the U.S. House of Representatives, calling for legislation to restore full protections to the ESA. Congress listened and introduced a bill to repeal President Trump’s rollbacks.2 Now, we need your help to ensure that this bill becomes law.

This bill could make a huge difference.

The PAW and FIN Protection Act of 2019 reverses rules that would make it easier to remove a species from the endangered list and weaken protections for threatened wildlife. It also blocks policymakers from considering costs when deciding to list a species.3

Blocking dramatic rollbacks to the ESA is critical to ensuring that vulnerable wildlife receive the complete defense they deserve. In its original form, the ESA has prevented more than 99 percent of listed species from going extinct. It is thanks to this law that the bald eagle, humpback whale, American alligator and more have been brought back from the brink of extinction.4

Take action to protect endangered wildlife.

Our planet is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. In just the last 50 years, 60 percent of all wild animals on Earth have been lost.5 At a time of unprecedented extinction and habitat destruction, we should be working to strengthen — not weaken — this critical law.

Call on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the PAW and FIN Protection Act.

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  1. Lisa Friedman, “U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act,” The New York Times, August 12, 2019. 
  2. Karina Brown, “Democrats Move to Block Trump From Weakening Endangered Species Act,” Tuscon Sentinel, September 18, 2019. 
  3. Karina Brown, “Democrats Move to Block Trump From Weakening Endangered Species Act,” Tuscon Sentinel, September 18, 2019. 
  4. “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Begins Commemoration of 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, February 18, 2015. 
  5. Damian Carrington, “Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970, Report Finds,” The Guardian, October 29, 2018.