On Valentines Day, you can often expect a card with cute creature and a saying like “I am otterly in love with you”. In fact, NRDC’s sent a few ourselves over the years:
Who doesn’t love a bear cub, a whale, or a honeybee sharing well wishes on a day that’s about expressing appreciation and care for others?
It sure seems like some members of Congress do not. The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing today on two bills that take aim at the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and seek to undermine our safeguards for imperiled plants and wildlife. This is not the first time we’ve seen this show play (you can read a previous blog I penned for those details) and odds are, it won’t be the last.
The bottom line is, even on Valentines Day, anti-environment members in Congress are ready to rip the heart out of our most important…