Endangered Species Act

'We Will See Them in Court': Howls of Protest and Lawsuit Promised as Trump Takes Wolves Off Endangered Species List
"The largest canine native to North America, gray wolves were once common throughout more than two-thirds of the lower 48 states," before being "nearly wiped out in the mid-20th century due to habitat loss and deliberate eradication efforts," Environment America explained in a statement released on Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Photo: Dennis Fast/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
'Back for Another Whack': Trump Administration Rule Proposal Would Further Undermine Endangered Species Act
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It is unconscionable that President Trump would propose to scale back essential protections for endangered and threatened species and their critical habitat."
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In Blow to Trump and Win for Bears, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Endangered Species Protections for Yellowstone Grizzlies
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A mother and baby grizzly bear spotted in Yellowstone National Park.
"This decision solidifies the belief of numerous wildlife advocates and native...
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Driven by Anti-Science Agenda, Trump Agencies Defying Mandate to Save Endangered Species From Climate Risk
Julia Conley, staff writer
"The window to act is narrowing."
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Two American bald eagles are perched on a nesting stand at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
17 States File Suit to Stop Trump Administration's Crippling of Endangered Species Act
'Disgusting': Trump Guts Endangered Species Act in Gift to Big Business
Indigenous Groups Applaud Protection of Grizzly Bear as Liz Cheney Claims Rule Harms 'Western Way of Life'
Opponents of the Keystone XL
'Trump Is Not Above the Law': New Lawsuit Aims to Defeat Keystone XL
Progressives Denounce Export-Import Bank's Support for Fossil Fuel Industry as Congress Debates Reauthorization
White River, near the location of the proposed rights-of-way
New Lawsuit Challenges Energy-Intensive 'Disaster for Climate, Wildlife, and Colorado River Basin'
'A Win for Big Oil and a Gut Punch to Public Lands': Conflict-Ridden Former Lobbyist Bernhardt Confirmed as Interior Secretary
'Years of Work Down the Drain' as Trump Endangers Wildlife and Communities by Gutting Successful Conservation Program
Gray wolf
Issuing 'Death Sentence' to Gray Wolves, Trump Admin Moves to Gut Federal Protections
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room at the White House October 17, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
'Unacceptable': Groups Urge National Archives to Reject Zinke's Request to Destroy Federal Documents Related to Drilling, Mining, Timber, and Species Protections
Deputy secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt
As Rumors Mount Zinke's Days Are Numbered, Warnings About 'Man Behind the Curtain' Who Could Take Over Interior
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'Final, Pathetic Stab' at Cherished Endangered Species as House GOP Votes to Strip Protections From Gray Wolves

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Watchdog Calls on President-Elect Biden to Immediately Reverse the Trump Administration’s Damage to Wildlife, Endangered Species
Center for Biological Diversity
Endangered Species Act Protections Stripped From Gray Wolves
Environment America
Trump Administration’s Decision to Strip Protections for Gray Wolves Threatens a Species Numbering Only 6,000 in the Continental U.S.
Western Environmental Law Center
Wolves: Groups Will Challenge Trump Admin Removal of Endangered Species Protections in Lower 48
Earthjustice
Fishing, Conservation Groups Take Step to Renew Legal Challenge to Columbia-Snake Hydropower Operations
The Endangered Species Coalition
Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves
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