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Endangered Species Act Evolving? A Look at Significant Recent and Upcoming Changes to ESA Administration

Endangered Species Act (ESA) administration has seen significant shifts during the past decade, including changes to ESA implementing regulations, policies, and guidance, and a num...

US proposes endangered species protections for an imperiled Jamaican butterfly

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently proposed listing Jamaica’s most imperiled butterfly, the Jamaican kite swallowtail, as endangered under the Endangered Species A...

God Squad Grants Endangered Species Exemption

On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the Endangered Species Committee (Committee) – colloquially known as the God Squad – met in Washington, DC at the request of the Secretary of War, Pete...

God Squad Grants Endangered Species Exemption

On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the Endangered Species Committee (Committee) – colloquially known as the God Squad – met in Washington, DC at the request of the Secretary of War, Pete...

Endangered Species federal spending is over one billion per year

The Federal Expenditure Reports need to be restored and made publicly available in compliance with the Endangered Species Act. Congress needs to look closely at the allocation of f...

Environmental Advocates Warn Against Proposed Changes To Endangered Species Act

A coalition of environmental advocates is warning that proposed legislation set to be voted on in the US House of Representatives today (Earth Day) could gut the Endangered Species...

Endangered Species Act ‘God Squad’ Exempts Offshore Oil and Gas Operations from ESA Consultation Requirements

Key Takeaways What Happened: The Endangered Species Committee (the Committee, or the “God Squad”) voted to exempt Gulf oil and gas activities related to the Bureau of Ocean Energy...

Endangered Species Act regulatory overkill

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act regulations seriously distort Congressional intent. They make it almost impossible for anyone except the rich to develop land wi...

Endangered Species Act Updates: Court Invalidates Certain ESA Section 7 Consultation Regulations and “God Squad” Exempts...

It has been a busy past week for the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On March 30, 2026, a United States District Court issued a summary judgment opinion invalidating four provisions...

Endangered Species Day at Zoo Atlanta

Learn about the simple everyday actions everyone can take to protect endangered species near and far as Zoo Atlanta observes Endangered Species Day on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Guest...

Trump Administration Waives Endangered Species Act for Gulf Oil & Gas

 The Trump administration has waived all Endangered Species Act protections for all U.S. Gulf offshore oil and gas activity, citing a national defense...

Endangered Species Day highlights wildlife wins — and mounting losses

At least 18,000 animal species globally are threatened with extinction: they’re listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservat...

Trump-appointed committee scuttles ESA protections in Gulf

The removal of rules could cause problems for federally endangered Rice’s whales The post Trump-appointed committee scuttles ESA protections in Gulf appeared first on The Wildlife...

House of Representatives Pulls Bill To Gut Endangered Species Act

Legislation from Rep. Westerman would have drastically weakened bedrock environmental law. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on Earth Day, the House of Representatives removed a bill from...

Trump admin sued over move to strip endangered species protections in Gulf

Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil & Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Sp...

Lawsuit claims Trump’s use of ‘Extinction Committee’ violates law in numerous ways. Washington D.C. — Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its dec...

Trump administration attempt to gut Endangered Species Act hits roadblock

House vote to defang the Endangered Species Act was unexpectedly cancelled

Ocean Advocates Slam Endangered Species Committee Stripping Protections In The Gulf of Mexico

The Endangered Species Committee held a meeting this week that drew condemnation from environmental advocates.

What is an endangered species?

Have you ever heard the phrase “endangered species” and wondered what it meant? It can be a bit confusing because there is not just ONE official “Endangered Species List.” Rather,...

The Pit Bull Still Bites: District Court Cuts Down Recent (And Potentially Future) Endangered Species Act Regulatory Ame...

A March 30, 2026, decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior, vacated key...

Republicans delay vote on bill gutting Endangered Species Act – on Earth Day

The ESA passed 355-4 in the House of Representatives in 1973

Mountain Lion Listed as Threatened Species in Central and Southern California under the California Endangered Species Ac...

At its February 12, 2026 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) unanimously voted to list mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations in parts of central a...

Environmentalists celebrate rejection of bill amending Endangered Species Act

Environmental groups are celebrating this Earth Day after the U.S. House of Representatives pulled a bill amending the Endangered Species Act.

Recent Case Grapples with Expert Testimony in Endangered Species Act Litigation

In Conservation Council for Hawaii v. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (D. Haw. Apr. 24, 2026), a federal district court in Hawai’i applied Federal Rule of Evidence 702 regarding th...