The ESA was passed with huge bipartisan margins. The Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, all passed when he was president. So much of the talk now is how we get people to care about this. It's almost like we need a blockbuster event or a blockbuster piece of culture that everyone becomes obsessed with.
The Endangered Species Act was transformative in protecting animals from extinction. Vox’s Benji Jones says its proposed successor, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, would be the most significant conservation law in decades.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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