US government proposal will weaken Endangered Species Act
Ninety-nine percent of the species protected under the Act have survived, but with the new changes, that number is likely to decline.
The Trump administration unveiled a proposal in July that would strip the Endangered Species Act of some of its provisions.
Conservationists say this move would weaken a law enacted 45 years ago to keep plant and animal species that are in decline from going extinct.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from Palos Verdes, California
Published On 9 Aug 2018