Science Trumps Politics: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Officially an Endangered Species

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Mar 23, 2017, 2:37 pm232 pts
By Daniel Raichel There are times—even today—when law and science triumph over politics. Hard to believe, I know, but that's exactly what happened this week when the Trump administration backed away from its "freeze" on listing the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species . The rusty patched bumble…

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