We're losing species at an alarming rate, scientists warn we're nearing another mass extinction. Tell your members of Congress to protect endangered species by passing the PAW and FIN 保护 Act.
We share our planet with countless incredible creatures, from the grizzly on the ridgeline to the bee in the meadow, from the wolf in the forest to the butterfly in our backyard. Many are on the brink of extinction — but instead of helping, the Trump administration is weakening the Endangered Species Act and expanding drilling and logging in vital habitats. It’s up to us to protect endangered species and the habitats they call home.
Endangered species are losing protections when they need them most
2019年的一份联合国报告警告称 1 million plant and animal species worldwide could go extinct 几十年内，主要是由于人类活动.
We need a wide range of tools to protect vulnerable species and their habitats. The best tool in the United States is the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which has a 99% success rate in keeping species under its protection from becoming extinct. The ESA has brought back from the brink of extinction the bald eagle, 灰熊, 加州秃鹫, 美国鳄鱼, 座头鲸, 佛罗里达海牛和更多.
但是现在, President Trump is working to roll back more than 80 federal environmental protections — including issuing an executive order to 削弱欧洲航天局以及以动物栖息地为目标 扩大在北极的钻探, 在汤加斯国家森林伐木, 在我们的海洋中进行近海钻探.
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我们需要阻止对脆弱物种的攻击
We’re working to stop the Trump administration’s attacks on vulnerable species — starting by passing the Protect America’s Wildlife and Fish in Need of 保护 Act (PAW and FIN 保护 Act), legislation introduced by Rep. 劳尔·格里哈尔瓦(Raul Grijalva)和麦凯恩(Sen. Tom Udall to undo President Trump’s rollback of the ESA.
在长期的, we need to strengthen the ESA to include protections that kick in when a species’ numbers begin to fall, rather than waiting until their very survival is threatened to act.
And beyond the ESA, we need to keep habitats large and whole to give wildlife even more space. 具体地说, we need to promote the expansion of wildlife corridors through our support of the bipartisan 野生动物走廊保护法案. We must also stop proposals that threaten America’s wild places, which are not only worth protecting for their own sake but are also important habitats. That’s why we’re working to stop plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where polar bears and caribou roam; to log the untamed roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest, home to trees older than America; and to open the Pacific and Atlantic coasts for expanded offshore drilling, 这将导致泄漏，并将伤害鲸鱼, 海豚, 水獭和更多.
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我们可以一起保护我们的自然世界
At a time when we’re running short on nature, we need to do everything we can to protect it. The call of a bird in the wild or the rustling of an antelope in the brush is priceless — worth far more than the minerals we could extract or the high-rise condo we could develop.
我们需要保护我们的自然世界, that starts with stopping these reckless attacks on species and habitats. We can accomplish all of this by convincing our fellow Americans that we should no longer tolerate sacrificing nature for a little more oil, 木材或其他经济产品.