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Government dismisses appeal of court decision limiting road building in grizzly, bull trout habitat

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

Upon reconsideration, judge rejects Idaho’s rare request to reverse decision

Trump’s actions would drain freshwater from a 1,000-square-mile estuary that provides drinking water to millions of people, irrigates the surrounding farmland, and sustains a salmon fishing industry.

Una de las órdenes ejecutivas de Trump busca empoderar a un comité de personas designadas por el mandatario, quienes podrían decidir el destino de una especie en peligro de extinción.

Aaron Bloom, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “We take the lawsuit seriously, given the threat that that argument poses to the Endangered Species Act and the uncertainty of how the Trump administration will respond to it.”

President Trump is already trying to undermine the ESA by invoking a rarely used provision that empowers a committee to decide the fate of endangered species.

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “It seems like they believe that the God Squad can wave its hand and declare a particular species no longer within the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That’s not how the process works at all.”

Earthjustice will use the power of the law to defend the right to a healthy environment.

Groups move to block effort to rescind Endangered Species Act protections

Motion to Protect Florida Scrub-Jay

“Instead of providing relief that Californians desperately need right now to recover from deadly wildfires, President Trump is using this tragedy as an excuse to bypass the Endangered Species Act”

Mary Cochenour, Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “There are videos of 399 walking through downtown Jackson in the middle of the night with her four cubs … She could have very easily been attracted to garbage and such, but the community always pulled together and worked really hard to remove those attractants in order to keep…

Sabemos que podemos salir victoriosos ante el presidente Trump y sus aliados, porque lo hemos hecho antes.

One election will not deter us or erase the environmental progress we’ve achieved.

Earthjustice attorney Tom Delehanty joined KGNU’s Jackie Sedley to discuss the petition to halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado and what a delay of more wolves could mean for the state.

Grizzly bears are facing growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. The government just took a step in the right direction by rejecting state appeals to remove their protections.

Decision keeps federal protections but changes geographic scope of protections