The GOP Tried to Kill the ESA. They Accidentally Made It More Popular.

The movement to protect wildlife is going new places.

The importance of environmental protection is back in the national spotlight, thanks to a brazen attempt by Republicans to attack the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Earth Day. In the wake of the public’s defense of the law, discussions about biodiversity have finally permeated the mainstream. I haven’t seen energy like this since I was a wide-eyed Plan…