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A manatee calf with its mother at Three Sisters Springs in Florida. Manatees are a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act. (James R.D. Scott / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory March 30, 2026

Federal Court Strikes Down President Trump’s Attacks Against Endangered Species Act, Restores Bedrock Environmental Law to Pre-Trump Status

Ruling derails future attempts to weaken law
document March 30, 2026

Ruling: Federal Court Strikes Down Attacks Against Endangered Species Act

A federal court struck down President Trump’s attacks against the Endangered Species Act, restoring key values of the bedrock environmental law to the status it held for decades before attacks…
Southern resident orca J16 makes rainbows while surfacing in Puget Sound. The southern resident orca population is protected under the Endangered Species Act. (Miles Ritter / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
feature May 16, 2025

The Endangered Species Act Is Under Attack

The Trump administration is attacking the Endangered Species Act in unprecedented ways since the passage of our nation’s landmark conservation law.
Press Release August 1, 2024

Conservation Groups Renew Challenge to Endangered Species Act Regulations

Revised rules still undermine the fundamental purpose of the landmark conservation law
document August 1, 2024

Conservation Groups Renew Challenge to Endangered Species Act Regulations

Revised rules still undermine the fundamental purpose of the landmark conservation law
In the News: CNN March 28, 2024

Biden administration strengthens Endangered Species Act protections weakened under Trump

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.”
A gray wolf howls in the woods of the the upper Midwest. (Jerry & Barb Jividen / Getty Images)
Press Release March 28, 2024

Earthjustice Responds to Biden Administration’s Final Endangered Species Act Rulemaking

Biden administration falls short of fully restoring ESA
document August 21, 2023

Technical Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act

Public comment period for proposed rulemakings on how Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service protect species and habitats
A turtle swims offshore of Kahekili Beach Park, Maui, Hawaiʻi. (Courtesy of Don McLeish)
Press Release April 18, 2023

Attacks on the Endangered Species Act Continue With House Consideration of Wildlife Bills

Proposals seek to weaken species protections on behalf of special interests
Press Release November 16, 2022

Judge Allows Biden Administration to Delay Restoring Critical Endangered Species Act Protections

Administration will keep harmful Trump era regulations in place for indeterminate period
In the News: The Hill July 5, 2022

Court Nixes Trump-era Rules Loosening Endangered Species Protections

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…
document July 5, 2022

2019 ESA Regs Order Granting Motion to Remand and Vacating Challenged Regulations

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…
Press Release: Victory July 5, 2022

Federal Court Restores Critical Endangered Species Act Protections

Administration planned to keep harmful Trump era regulations in place for indeterminate period
In the News: The New York Times June 23, 2022

Trump Definition of ‘Habitat’ for Endangered Species Tossed

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.”
Press Release October 26, 2021

Biden Administration Moves to Fix Endangered Species Act but Trump Rules Remain

Earthjustice will pursue litigation to stop disastrous policies that remain in place as the administration begins rulemaking
Press Release September 29, 2021

Earthjustice: Biden Administration Must Act to Prevent More Extinctions

Reversing Trump rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act among first steps
Press Release June 4, 2021

Biden Administration to Repeal and Revise Harmful Trump Endangered Species Act Rules

Agencies will begin several rule-making processes to eliminate disastrous regulations
Press Release June 4, 2021

La Administración de Biden Derogará y Revisará Las Reglas De La Ley De Especies En Peligro De Extinción Perjudiciales De Trump

Las agencias comenzarán varios procesos de elaboración de reglas para eliminar dichas regulaciones desastrosas