WA, Other States Sue Feds over Endangered Species Rollbacks

WA, other states sue feds over endangered species rollbacks

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species.

'Closer to extinction': NY fights Trump on changes to Endangered Species Act

Rossi, a rare Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, is put back into her tank after veterinarians and specialist at the Houston Zoo gave her a check up after she was flown in over 5,000 miles from the Anglesey Sea Zoo in the United Kingdom to Houston, on Aug. 11, 2026. The New York attorney general charges that White House rule changes have gutted protections for plants and animals alike. [ more › ]

20 Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Endangered Species Act Changes

Young anglers at the Patuxent Research Refuge, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal land, in Maryland. (Tim Parker/usfws, Public Domain)

Maryland Attorney General Brown Co-Leads 21-State Coalition Challenging New Endangered Species Act Rollbacks

Washington challenges gutting of federal Endangered Species Act protections

Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in two lawsuits to maintain protections for endangered and threatened species under threat by the federal administration.One will be filed against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and another against FWS and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The suits challenge new rules under the Endangered Species Act that make it easier for the federal government…