Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, and Wildlife, Oceans: “There’s a climate crisis and there’s also a biodiversity crisis. I think a lot of people think the climate crisis is the main driver of the biodiversity crisis — that’s not true. It’s habitat destruction.”
Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice: “The whole point of the Endangered Species Act is to give protections to species that are on the brink of extinction. The Trump rules that have today been repealed did nothing to help species and in fact did affirmative harm to how species are protected in this country.…
Motion to remand without vacatur filed by Defendants Deb Haaland, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gina Raimondo, and National Marine Fisheries Service The Court will grant the motion for remand but will vacate the challenged regulations.
Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Regional Office: “These harmful rules have been in place for almost three years and the Biden administration is still missing in action. And the agencies are, of course, using them because they have to use the regulations that are in place.”
The Endangered Species Act is one of the most visionary and effective environmental laws ever enacted. It requires all federal agencies to consult with expert federal wildlife agencies to ensure that their actions will not harm endangered species and, when necessary, to develop project alternatives that will mitigate any possible harm to endangered species. Consultation…
Complaint challenging the Trump administration’s promulgation of a definition for “habitat” as part of the regulations that implement
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
Complaint to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s promulgation of a new rule implementing section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, which strips vital protections from federal lands and other areas that the best available science indicate are necessary for the conservation of threatened and endangered species.
Earthjustice just filed a suite of lawsuits to defend the Endangered Species Act and the creatures and landscapes it protects, including the iconic gray wolf.
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