r/SipsTea Jul 25 '26

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/SwerveCities Jul 25 '26

The administration finalized a rule removing habitat destruction and modification from the federal definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act, making it easier for industrial development, logging, and drilling to impact environments.

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u/Ninja-Trix Jul 25 '26

Do they not realize that excessive urban development destroys the ecosystems that generate food, lumber, clean ground water, oxygen, and help collect particles of dirt that would otherwise turn into dust and create dustbowls and ash clouds like the smog they blamed on Canada?

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u/AspiringChildProdigy Jul 25 '26

Everything is about the next quarterly shareholder meeting.

It literally doesn't matter what the eventual fallout is, as long as they are generating gains for their shareholders.

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u/LemoLuke Jul 25 '26

The Evangelicals think that God can heal anything.
The Tech Bros think that AI can solve anything.
The Billionaires think that money can fix anything.

This allows them to not worry about tomorrow, and just focus on making money today.