Washington D.C. – The United States held elections for offices with authority over the Endangered Species Act and other measures influencing biodiversity. Such offices include the President, thirty-four seats in the Senate, all seats in the House of Representatives, and numerous seats at State and local levels of government. 

“In the aftermath of the United States 2024 elections, one reality remains unchanged – human activities are driving over one million species to extinction,” said Susan Holmes, executive director. “President-Elect Trump and the new Senate majority are no friends to wildlife. Mr. Trump and his allies have stated that they will seek to end protections for vulnerable species like wolves and grizzlies and open up essential habitats to oil and gas development. We will do all we can to stop President-Elect Trump’s extinction agenda before cherished plant and animal species are lost forever.”

In its first 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has saved 99% of the species it protected from extinction. As human-driven habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and direct overexploitation of wildlife increase worldwide, transformative changes across economic, technological, social, and political factors are needed to halt the ongoing global extinction crisis.

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