Meet the 'God Squad,' the Powerful Endangered Species Panel That Just Pared Back Protections

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history.

Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act ...
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Court Overturns Trump Administration Regulations That Weakened Endangered Species Act

A federal court has overturned four key provisions of regulations that weakened the Endangered Species Act, issued by the Trump administration in 2019 and retained under the Biden administration.
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Judge strikes down federal effort to weaken Endangered Species Act

The new ruling could be a setback for the Trump administration, which is trying to loosen habitat protections.

Gulf fossil fuel operations granted exemption from Endangered Species Act protection

“At the request of the Department of War, the Endangered Species Committee convened today to consider a national security ...

Oil exploration in Gulf OK despite endangered species, panel decides

The God Squad met for the first time since 1991, and members said it's OK to bypass the Endangered Species Act in order to ...

Things to know about Rice’s whale, a rare species at risk from Trump plans for more Gulf drilling

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas ...

Research challenges long-held ecological belief of how rare species survive

A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when ...