Th Endangered Feces Act is long due an overhaul

NY Times:

G.O.P. Pushes to Overhaul Law Meant to Protect At-Risk Species

• The Endangered Species Act, which for 45 years has safeguarded fragile wildlife, is being targeted by lawmakers, the White House and industry on a scale not seen in decades.
• Critics of the law say it impedes people’s livelihoods

Now its main purpose appears to be as a tool for dilatory tactics to delay and increase the expense of fossil fuel development.  It has been used as a bad faith means to slow or stop energy production in the name of a few critters of limited value.   It is also used to slow or block land development for housing furthering driving up the cost of home building and ownership