Articles Tagged with ''Endangered Species Act''

The Trump administration is using a relatively obscure process to potentially exempt oil and gas drilling activities from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

The Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday finalized a rule delisting two populations of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act.

The Trump Administration on Wednesday proposed restoring Endangered Species Act rules from President Donald Trump's first term addressing ESA listings, delistings, critical habitat designations and interagency consultation.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reconsidering a rule extending endangered species protections to threatened species that has been challenged in the courts.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is taking steps to end or scale back loan support for clean energy projects.

The Trump Administration is proposing to narrow the prohibition against "taking" endangered species by removing regulatory language allowing federal wildlife agencies to consider how species are harmed by habitat destruction.

Congressional Republicans return from their two-week recess facing the herculean task of finding agreement on a budget reconciliation bill that can enact President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities. USDA’s top trade nominee will get his confirmation hearing. The House GOP also is taking aim at California climate waivers and an endangered species designation.

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The Fish and Wildlife Service must formally evaluate the impacts of five pesticides on endangered species, a federal judge has ordered.