The Bill Walton Show: “Half Earth for Species Protection” with Ron Maxwell and Skipper Darlington
The population of humans has almost tripled since 1950, and the impact on other species has been profound. Humans have absorbed vast amounts of habitat for living space and farmland, leading to the extinction of hundreds of species and threats to countless others. Ron Maxwell and Skipper Darlington join Bill Walton to talk about a radical but oddly simple and Read More ›
We can’t save every species
Much of America’s vanishing wildlife is covered by one of the world’s toughest environmental laws–the Endangered Species Act of 1973. In plain language, the law insists that humans must accommodate the interests of the natural world, with few exceptions. The ultimate goal: Stop all extinctions in the United States. In 1973,, Congress believed this laudable goal could be easily accomplished Read More ›