Pushback Mounts Against Trump’s Attacks on the Endangered Species Act

Pushback Mounts Against Trump’s Attacks on the Endangered Species Act

Several lawsuits and a bipartisan letter from former agency directors condemn the Trump administration’s gutting of habitat protections for imperiled animals and plants.

Grizzly Bears Among Species Named at Risk Due to Trump Rollback

Salmon, grizzly bears, northern spotted owls, and other imperiled species are vulnerable to further decline or extinction because of the Trump administration’s policy removing the crux of the Endangered Species Act, according to filings in a lawsuit challenging the move.

Trump Habitat Rollback Takes Effect As Sierra Club and Conservation Partners Sue - CleanTechnica

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles. Sierra Club & partners are challenging the repeal in court as states ...

Trump Administration’s Rule Gutting Endangered Species Habitat Protections Goes Into Effect

California sues Trump administration over changes weakening endangered species law

CALIFORNIA’S BELOVED CONDORS and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going to court to keep the 50-year-old law intact, filing two lawsuits Wednesday to block what Democratic leaders describe as the Trump administration’s rollback of its protections. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the suits […]

On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across the Country Denounce Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat

The decision to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could enable extractive industries to destroy or modify the habitat of imperiled plants and animals — the places they need to feed, shelter, raise their young — even if it results in their death or injury. Continue reading “On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across the Country Denounce Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat”…