Environmentalists and lawmakers spent years shouting at one another about whether the grim forecasts were true, but in the past five years or so, the serious debate has quietly ended.

环境专家和法律工作者花费了几年的时间一直在呼吁，无论这无情的预言是否正确，在过去的五年中是这样，这个严肃的辩论悄悄的结束了。

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The Interior Department rushed to complete the rules in three months over the objections of lawmakers and environmentalists who argued that they would weaken how a landmark conservation law is applied.

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