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Bonta sends letter to Trump over Endangered Species Act
California Attorney General Rob Bonta wrote a letter challenging the Trump administration after an executive order takes aim ...
Democrats raise alarm over proposed Endangered Species Act definition change
Senate Democrats are raising the alarm over the proposed change to the definition of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A ...
Proposed change could reshape Endangered Species Act. Here’s how it affects WA
Proposal would change the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act, which critics say would make the law difficult ...
Federal court rules against attempt to withhold Endangered Species Act protections from Joshua tree
A California federal court struck down an attempt from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revoke protections for the ...
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The Endangered Species Act faces its own existential threat
Wilson considered the Endangered Species Act of 1973 the most important piece of conservation legislation in our nation’s history. I know what that means. I know because I lived it. Fifty years ...
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How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat
But that’s exactly what the Trump administration is proposing to do by changing how one word in the Endangered Species Act is interpreted. For 50 years, the U.S. government has interpreted the ...
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ESA Action Alert: Comment on proposed rescission of the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm”
Currently, the Endangered Species Act prohibits certain actions that “harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect” threatened and endangered organisms. Until now, “harm” ...