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17 States File Suit to Stop Trump Administration's Crippling of Endangered Species Act

Two American bald eagles are perched on a nesting stand at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

'Disgusting': Trump Guts Endangered Species Act in Gift to Big Business

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This administration seems set on damaging fragile ecosystems by prioritizing industry interests over science."

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Indigenous Groups Applaud Protection of Grizzly Bear as Liz Cheney Claims Rule Harms 'Western Way of Life'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Liz Cheney is very upset that the people whose land was taken have interfered...

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'Trump Is Not Above the Law': New Lawsuit Aims to Defeat Keystone XL

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Opponents of the Keystone XL

"We won't stop fighting Trump's underhanded attempt to dodge the courts and ram...

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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

gray wolf

'Final, Pathetic Stab' at Cherished Endangered Species as House GOP Votes to Strip Protections From Gray Wolves

east island

Hawaiian Island Swallowed Up By Rising Seas After Hurricane Walaka Reveals 'What the Future Could Look Like'

Aurelia Skipwith

Trump Nominates Ex-Monsanto Exec to 'Help the Most Anti-Environmental Administration in History Do Even More Damage'

Stay of Execution for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears as Court Rules Trump Admin Illegally Gutted Protections

A grizzly bear

In Win for Wildlife, Yellowstone Area Grizzlies Get 'Stay of Execution'

Newswire

Center for Biological Diversity

More Than 270 Groups Urge Senate to Increase Endangered Species Funding

Center for Biological Diversity

Federal Agency Orders Halt to Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction

Bold Alliance

Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Law that Ignores Landowners’ Property Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty in Flawed Decision on Keystone XL Pipeline Route

Earthjustice

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act

Center for Biological Diversity

Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Approval of Monsanto’s Crop-damaging Dicamba Pesticide

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Denies Protection to Six More Imperiled Species

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Christopher Brauchli

Endangered Species

Randi Spivak

How to Counter Trump's Disastrous Attack on Our Public Lands

Ryan Cooper

It's Very Clear: Bernie Sanders Can Beat Donald Trump

Jessica A. Knoblauch

Fireflies’ Glow Could Soon Be Extinguished by Human Actions

Suzanne Stone

Trump Wants to Remove Federal Protections for Wolves: Idaho’s Example Shows Why This Is a Terrible Idea

Stephanie Kurose

Fund Endangered Species Act, It's Saved 99 Percent of Wildlife on the Brink

Hallie Templeton

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Noah Greenwald

Endangered Species Act Saves Vast Majority of Species Under Its Protection

Rhea Suh

Three Earth Day Lessons for Green New Deal Activists

Shaye Wolf

Walruses Are Jumping Off Cliffs to Their Deaths—Yes, Because of Climate Change