A Court Settlement Puts the E.P.A. on Track to Regulate Pesticides More Strictly

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Climate|A Legal Victory for the (Very) Little Guys https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/climate/epa-pesticides-settlement.html Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT A LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE (VERY) LITTLE GUYS A new court settlement will put the Environmental Protection Agency on track to regulate pesticides more tightly.
Taylor’s checkerspot, an endangered butterfly native to the Pacific Northwest, is one of the species that stands to benefit from the agreement this week
Call it a win for the little species, though all kinds of endangered animals and plants stand to benefit.
A sweeping legal settlement approved this week has put the Environmental Protection Agency on a binding path to do something it has barely done before, by its own acknowledgment: Adequately consider the effects on imperiled species when it evaluates pesticides and take steps to protect them.