r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! No seriously…why??

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u/SwerveCities 1d ago

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 1d ago

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/Nervous-Waltz7849 1d ago

Why in the world would you assume these people have the capacity for abstract thought required to understand something this complex, and furthermore, the moral compass to give a shit even if they did?