According to a report in the Washington Examiner (http://washex.am/1SvZi8E) a panel of witnesses told Congress that there's more money in suing to keep animals on the Endangered Species List than there is in removing them.
“A primary incentive to litigation that's a barrier to delisting is money,” said Lowell Baier, a lawyer and environmental historian. “Money, money, money, it's that simple. It's the reimbursement of legal fees.”
The House Natural Resources Committee is reviewing the Endangered Species Act this week and plans to hear more testimony Thursday morning.
Republicans complain that the Endangered Species Act is not working effectively to get animals off the list. In their view, it has become another way to block off federal land for ranching and energy production and harms economic activity.
However, Democrats on the committee said delisting isn't necessarily the best way to judge the Endangered Species Act's impact on threatened animals.
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Source: Washington Examiner
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