endangered species
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A revised biological opinion determined that the endangered species could go extinct without new precautionary measures. -
The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively affecting drilling and production.
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The strategy is part of larger interagency effort to promote recovery of the North Atlantic right whale while responsibly developing offshore wind.
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The new listing aims to prevent further loss of habitat for the flamboyant, stocky birds, which have drastically dwindled in population.
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The groups and states want the Ninth Circuit to restore rules that changed how agencies classify endangered or threatened species and their habitats under the Endangered Species Act.
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A US judge in Montana has thrown out a Trump administration directive that weakened an Obama-era policy aimed at protecting the threatened bird, invalidating hundreds of oil and gas leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming.
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A federal judge on 16 October blocked the Trump administration’s plan to ease protections for an iconic bird that makes its home on millions of acres of oil- and gas-rich sagebrush lands, dealing a blow to government efforts to allow more drilling, mining, and logging in the west.
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Environmental advocates say some of America's most iconic species are getting squeezed under policies intended to boost American energy dominance. Trump administration officials counter that they are taking reasonable steps to protect wildlife while opening up public lands to more drilling.
