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Humans think they are so superior -- that it's okay to cause #extinction of species for their own comfort. And profit. Let's not forget the PROFIT!
US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near #Nevada #LithiumMine
Story by By SCOTT SONNER
2/8/2024RENO, Nev. (AP) — "Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny #snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the #Nevada- #Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or #endangered species.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a finding published Thursday in the Federal Register that enough scientific exists to warrant the review sought by environmentalists who say that groundwater pumping required for the operation of the #ThackerPass mine could push the #KingsRiver pyrg to the brink of extinction.
"However, the agency said in the new finding it 'does not anticipate the species is immediately at risk.'
"The @WesternWatershedsProject argued in its formal petition for the listing in September 2022 that the tiny snail no bigger than the tip of a ball-point pen was imperiled even before any new mining was contemplated due to livestock grazing, round-building and the anticipated impacts of #ClimateChange."
https://apnews.com/article/lithium-mine-endangered-snail-nevada-15c0008372a93a984c64ddbd741232c4
#Koyaanisqatsi #LifeOutOfBalance #SaveThackerPass #LandBack #IndigenousRights #ExtinctionRebellion #LastStand