DoomsdaysCW<p>Humans think they are so superior -- that it's okay to cause <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> of species for their own comfort. And profit. Let's not forget the PROFIT!</p><p>US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a></p><p>Story by By SCOTT SONNER<br>2/8/2024</p><p>RENO, Nev. (AP) — "Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snail</span></a> found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> line should be listed as a threatened or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> species.</p><p>"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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a> mine could push the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingsRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingsRiver</span></a> pyrg to the brink of extinction.</p><p>"However, the agency said in the new finding it 'does not anticipate the species is immediately at risk.'</p><p>"The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@WesternWatershedsProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WesternWatershedsProject</span></a></span> 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wildlife-service-considering-endangered-status-for-tiny-snail-near-nevada-lithium-mine/ar-BB1hZVl4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wildl</span><span class="invisible">ife-service-considering-endangered-status-for-tiny-snail-near-nevada-lithium-mine/ar-BB1hZVl4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaanisqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koyaanisqatsi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOutOfBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOutOfBalance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LastStand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LastStand</span></a></p>