# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd7JPVclyq2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71172358-centerforbiodiv-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T20:01:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

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BREAKING: Legislation was just introduced today in the U.S. Senate that would dismantle protections for hundreds of endangered species in order to speed approvals for corporate polluters. 

Under the guise of helping renewable energy, the legislative package, cynically titled the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," would give the fossil fuel industry massive long-term structural advantages. 

Today’s package contains numerous provisions that lock in thousands of fossil fuel projects. 

And, in order to speed up approvals for these fossil fuel projects, the legislation also guts the Endangered Species Act by surrendering one of the Act's strongest safeguards — the requirement for federal review of project impacts. This would allow for state-run rubberstamping of dangerous projects. 

The deal also exempts the vast majority of damaging fossil fuel projects from any meaningful review of the threats and harms to imperiled wildlife and plants.

As if that's not enough, the legislation also curtails the ability of individuals, nonprofits (including us) and communities to challenge fossil fuel projects by REQUIRING courts to tip the scales in favor of the fossil fuel industry — making it impossible to bring an environmental justice claim.

This package is dangerous on so many levels. We simply cannot allow it to pass.

Get ready for the fight: We're working on a petition right now to get this bill REJECTED. Stay tuned for an update with a link to take action once that petition is ready. 

In the meantime, learn more about this destructive bill at the 🔗 in our bio. 

#EndangeredSpecies #FossilFuels #EnvironmentalConservation #Legislation #SaveThePlanet

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environmentalconservation, savetheplanet, fossilfuels, legislation, endangeredspecies

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