A baby gopher tortoise. (Randy Browning/USFWS)
WASHINGTON (CN) The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court on Thursday for failing to protect 10 species that the group says desperately need protection and have been waiting in limbo for years.
The monarch butterfly, eastern gopher tortoise, Peñasco least chipmunk, longfin smelt, three Texas mussels, magnificent ramshorn snail, bracted twistflower and northern spotted owl have been left in “regulatory purgatory” by the Trump administration, the group claims.
These species have gone through a petition process, an initial 90-day review (which usually takes up to a year) and a 12-month status review, and are now sitting in a category called “warranted but precluded,” because the FWS claims it needs the resources for higher-priority listings.
Donald Trump had worst jobs record for a president since before WWII; other benchmarks from the Dow to the Big Mac tell different stories for presidential records
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 07, 2021
Donald Trump, Melania Trump; Barack Obama, Michelle Obama; Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton; Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter together during the 2018 funeral of George H.W. Bush.AFP via Getty Images
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Donald Trump will go down in history as the first president with a net loss of U.S. jobs over a four-year term in federal tracking of the statistic that goes back to just after the Great Depression.
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