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States and Landowners Are Key to Recovering Rare Species. Stop Penalizing Them.

Federal rules under the Endangered Species Act often treat landowners as adversaries. Recent court victories suggest a better way forward.

Reason

Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters

Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim

The Guardian - US

The world’s most trafficked mammal on ‘razor’s edge of extinction’

Theanimals are heavily trafficked, largely due to demand for their scales in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as their meat

The Independent UK

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When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard

Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach—and a target for local ire—in eastern North Carolina.

Reason

Texas wildflower big red sage proposed for endangered species protection

Only seven native populations remain in Texas, all in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Attorney General Sues Biden Administration Over Endangered Listing Of Lizard In Oil-Rich Texas

In Texas, the lizard has been spotted in Andrews, Crane, Gaines, Ward, and Winkler counties. This land is also home to some of Texas' largest oil and gas fields.

Latin Times

Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over listing Texas lizard as endangered

The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively impacting drilling and production.

The Texas Tribune

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A Georgia Mining Project Could Lead to a Legal Showdown Between the Feds and State Officials

The titanium mining project threatens Okefenokee wildlife refuge, a habitat for rare and endangered species, opponents say.

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Groups sue to restore endangered species protection for US northern Rockies wolves

Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent U.S. government decision not to protect wolves in northern Rocky Mountain states as an endangered species

The Independent UK

Awwww! Four endangered American red wolf pups 'thriving' since birth at Missouri wildlife reserve

The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of owls to be killed in America to protect species

Under Donald Trump government officials stripped protections for spotted owls at the behest of the timber industry

The Independent UK

Six Texas freshwater mussels, the “livers of the rivers,” added to endangered species list

Freshwater mussels can pump and filter eight to 15 gallons of water a day, cleaning rivers and streams. Six of the 50 mussels that call Texas home are federally protected by Monday’s listing.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lizard added to endangered species list over the oil and gas industry’s objections

The dunes sagebrush lizard lives in the same West Texas land that supports the state’s biggest oil and gas fields, and industry leaders say the new designation will hurt drilling and production.

The Texas Tribune

The Strange Disappearance of the Tumamoc Globeberry

The Fish and Wildlife Service inexplicably removes a species from its tally of species "delisted" under the Endangered Species Act.

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The Independent UK

Florida discontinues manatee winter feeding program after seagrass conditions improve

Wildlife officials say a two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions have improved for the threatened marine mammals and the seagrass on which they depend

The Independent UK

Environmentalists warn of intent to sue over snail species living near Nevada lithium mine

Environmentalists are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine

The Independent UK

Environmental groups sue US over sluggish pace in listing the rare ghost orchid as endangered

The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a lawsuit arguing that federal officials are unduly delaying a decision

The Independent UK

US commits to releasing more endangered red wolves into the wild, settling lawsuit

The U.S. government will settle a lawsuit with conservation groups and commit to releasing more endangered red wolves into North Carolina

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The Independent UK

After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril

Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived

The Independent UK

US to reopen review of Nevada geothermal plant near endangered toad while legal battle is on hold

Federal officials have decided to reconsider the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives

The Independent UK

Rare lizard found in major US oil patch proposed as endangered species

U.S. wildlife managers are proposing federal protections for a rare lizard found only in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas

The Independent UK

Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a female Mexican gray wolf has been returned to the wilds of Arizona after she was found wandering in northern New Mexico outside a zone created for recovery of her subspecies

The Independent UK

Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and drop bat's protections

The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species

The Hindu

Debris blast from SpaceX rocket launch renews environmental questions

Spacex starship’s explosive nature of the launch at ground level has drawn heightened scrutiny from the government and environmental organisations

The Independent UK

Scientists challenge US wildlife director's qualifications

Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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