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02/27/17

Up To Half Of Species Face Extinction By 2100

Scientists are warning that the already staggering 20% of species at risk of extinction may rise to as much as half by the end of this century. Meanwhile, the US government under Trump aims to dismantle environmental protections. Its new head flouted environmental protection in Oklahoma before assuming command of the EPA, generating unprecedented numbers of earthquakes in Oklahoma, where few were known before fracking went bonkers there.

Source: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/02/27/biologists-warn-half-all-species-face-extinction-2100-gop-pushes-destroy-protections

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