Earth's Emergency Room

Saving Species as the Planet and Politics Get Hotter

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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In Earth’s Emergency Room, author, attorney, and environmental historian Lowell E. Baier celebrates 50 years of the landmark Endangered Species Act of 1973, a bipartisan law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon. Baier provides an insightful and entertaining history of the ESA’s dramatic highs and lows. His own work with the ESA from its inception to the present, and with the key figures who shaped its history, from field biologists to Presidents of the United States, give the book a unique, human element. He looks back at a lifetime of environmental advocacy and tackles one of today’s leading challenges: the unprecedented decline in species due to climate change. Drawing from his extensive experience as a negotiator and activist, Baier argues that the ESA is flexible enough to ameliorate the biodiversity crisis while still respecting landowners, states, and industries. He ultimately calls on all Americans to embrace a spirit of bipartisanship and conservation to strengthen the law that has been Earth’s emergency room for half a century.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-04-16
Mått158 x 232 x 26 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor338
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareWilliams,TerryTempest
ISBN9781538194133

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Lowell E. Baier is an attorney as well as a legal and environmental historian and author. He has worked in Washington, D.C., throughout his 60-year career as a tireless advocate for natural resources and wildlife conservation. He holds five doctorate degrees. Baier was recognized as the Conservationist of the Year by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2008, by Outdoor Life Magazine in 2010, and by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in 2013. In 2016, the National Wildlife Federation awarded him their highest honor, the Jay N. “Ding” Darling Conservation Award for a lifetime of conservation service.

Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordIntroductionChapter 1: The Early ControversiesChapter 2: The Command-and-Control Generation and the Green RevolutionChapter 3: Beyond the 100th MeridianChapter 4: Babbitt’s JujitsuChapter 5: The Far Left’s Listing WarsChapter 6: The Apex Predator ProblemChapter 7: The Price Tag for the Endangered Species ActChapter 8: Securing Our Future – Funding Wildlife ConservationChapter 9: Making Conservation Strategies FlexibleChapter 10: Partnerships: The Secret to SuccessChapter 11: America Rallies Again – The Promise of the FutureAfterwordAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Endangered Species Act TimelineAppendix B: Federal Environmental and Consumer Protection Statutes and Agencies Established during the 1960s and 1970s Green RevolutionBibliographyIndexBiography of Lowell E. Baier

Earth's flora and fauna are increasingly imperiled by climate change, habitat destruction, and pollution. More than 1,600 species in the U.S. are currently designated as threatened. Already, populations of pollinators (bees, birds, butterflies) are precipitously declining. Conservationist and attorney Baier reviews the history and impact of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) passed in 1973. Comprehensive and at times controversial, this law provides protections for jeopardized animals and plants. Baier likens the ESA to an “emergency room” in that it allows species to sufficiently recover and increase their numbers. He presents examples of the ESA's many successes and cites a study showing that this law has thwarted the extinction of almost 300 species. He details difficulties arising from the ESA, including state government versus federal government disputes, costs and sources of funding, and balancing the regulation of species and land management. Personalities, partisanship, and policy matters associated with the ESA are well-covered. Ecological and biodiversity crises are intensifying. If we fail to act wisely, the wildlife of our planet is going to require even more than an emergency room. They'll need an intensive care unit.