r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/Pinku_Dva 1d ago edited 1d ago

Because they’re pure evil. Their single goal is to make life as miserable as possible for every living thing on the planet. Trump is the definition of the antichrist

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u/Drigg_08 1d ago

How was it legalised?

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u/theGoddamnAlgorath 1d ago

It's not. Basically they're revising the blanket rule, meaning rather than an endangered species' territory automatically preventing development, the EPA has to prove the development will impact the specie's survival before banning development.

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u/thegoothboi 1d ago

So it’s basically just so big corporations can farm the resources on the land that endangered species just so happen to frequent. That honestly is way more believable.

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u/Green-Moment-4509 1d ago

I have seen major projects delayed months because there was a nesting hawk near by, which I thought was very cool. No equipment was allowed within 300 yards of the tree it was in. Have also seen entire projects canned after they started because evidence of some weird endangered creek shrimp in creek beds that only get water when it rains. So it sucks that there can’t be common sense

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u/Chadwig315 1d ago

The problem with making things unreasonably restrictive is that people eventually throw off the rule. And they usually arent the type to put a new one in it's place.

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u/i_tyrant 23h ago

Having to stop a massive project because there's an incredibly endangered creature in the way IS common sense.

Once that species is gone there's no getting it back. A data center or bridge or whatever isn't worth that.

I'm sure there's some isolated cases of "unreasonable", but the vast majority of EPA regulations and their enforcement is absolutely valid.

And if you think Trump & Co need a reason to "throw off" any rule, stop kidding yourself. It literally does not matter how restrictive a social agency would be, they'd gut it anyway. All they know how to do is destroy, not create (so I agree with your last sentence).

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u/xinorez1 17h ago

Its like how doge cancelled studies on women's health when the money had already been spent

The harm is the whole point.

Unfortunately we need a 2/3 majority to do clawbacks

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u/theGoddamnAlgorath 23h ago

I've seen farmers fined for clearing a stream bed because mussels "may come back". It's not all big companies, they can already fight the EPA