A question about the Edangered Species Act?

Question

For more than 30 years, the ESA has protected wildlife at risk of extinction. Now the Bush/Cheney Administration wants to eliminate vital checks and balances that are crucial to protect our polar bears, wolves and other imperiled wildlife. If he were still alive today, what would Theodore Roosevelt, the first American president to consider the long-term needs for efficient conservation of national resources, say about the present admistration's fast tracking of legislative bills that favor corporate interests with such disregard for the natural environment? It seems that politicians and leaders of industry could care less about their country, their children, their grandchildren, or the planet.

Answer 1

That's not really a question, is it? It seems more of an editorial. Your position is pretty much one I agree with, though, with one minor caveat. Was TR the first president to consider long-term needs and conservation of natural resources or was Jefferson? Granted, the needs were quite different; two centuries make for a lot of change,

Answer 2

well i know one reason bush doesnt care about polar bears is because he is in the oil industry so drilling oil in alaska makes him money.  so he chooses to make money over the importance of polar bears.

Answer 3

Polar Bears are doing just fine.

The needs of people come first.

Answer 4

The only over populated species on this planet is man and the creatures he keeps as pets. The reality is that although some are vegetarian, man and his pets are mostly meat eaters. The more extinction of animals we have the closer we come to starving our species out of existence. That is part of the checks and balances of nature. But the last of the species to go extinct will be Bush and those like him because they will be roasting us on the spit as they already have started doing in the name of oil. The truth is the U.S. has only 3% of the oil on the planet and not enough to do any good if we drill. Theodore R. would have a conniption if he were still around.

Answer 5

Yeah sucks doesn't it. Global rates of biodiversity loss are still on the rise mainly due to anthropogenic sources yet it just doesn't seem to bother much people. Its not just for the U.S....its global. My advice is do not have children