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Analysis: Republican Attacks on Endangered Species Up 600 Percent Per Year

Unprecedented Assault Undermines Landmark Law Protecting America’s Most Vulnerable Animals, Plants

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015.  Over the past five years, Republicans in Congress have launched 164 attacks on the Endangered Species Act — a 600 percent increase in the rate of annual attacks over the previous 15 years, according to a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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The report, Politics of Extinction, also identifies five Republicans responsible for nearly a quarter of legislative…

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