For decades the Endangered Species Act has protected listed wildlife from being killed outright and from having the habitat it needs to survive destroyed. This year the administration took both protections apart. A final rule erased the regulatory definition of “harm,” so wrecking the habitat a species depends on no longer counts, and a new Fish and Wildlife Service directive says killing or injuring a protected animal isn’t prohibited unless someone set out to target it. Under that reading a project can foreseeably wipe out an endangered population and walk away without a permit, a plan to limit the damage, or any accountability. Resistbot is asking the candidates on your 2026 ballot to support legislation that writes “harm” back into the Endangered Species Act — covering habitat destruction that kills or injures listed wildlife — and makes clear that foreseeable incidental killing still requires a permit and real mitigation.
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For decades the Endangered Species Act has protected listed wildlife from being killed outright and from having the habitat it needs to survive destroyed. This year the administration took both protections apart. A final rule erased the regulatory definition of “harm,” so wrecking the habitat a species depends on no longer counts, and a new Fish and Wildlife Service directive says killing or injuring a protected animal isn’t prohibited unless someone set out to target it. Under that reading a project can foreseeably wipe out an endangered population and walk away without a permit, a plan to limit the damage, or any accountability. Resistbot is asking the candidates on your 2026 ballot to support legislation that writes “harm” back into the Endangered Species Act — covering habitat destruction that kills or injures listed wildlife — and makes clear that foreseeable incidental killing still requires a permit and real mitigation.
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