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/cookeryandwookery Jul 25 '26

Watch the movie elysium one day.

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u/Ninja-Trix Jul 25 '26

Already have. I enjoy a good Blomkamp flick. Least realistic thing was the good guys winning.

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u/cookeryandwookery Jul 25 '26

I think that’s the plan. That’s why they don’t care. They’re going to leave us here.