Energy & Environment
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Energy & Environment
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Trump rescinds habitat protection under ESA |
The Trump administration announced Friday that it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.
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© Alex Brandon, Associated Press
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Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act.
Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually kills or injures wildlife” by preventing food, shelter or breeding.
The administration said it was making its move to speed up approvals for projects that would have been slowed under previous rules of the road, which it described as outdated.
“For years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement.
Environmental advocates warned that repealing the definition could allow developers to trample over important habitats — harming at-risk animals and plants in the process.
“What is at risk is truly harmful projects that will imperil species slipping through the cracks [and] being allowed to go forward,” said Kristen Boyles, an attorney with Earthjustice.
Read more at TheHill.com.
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The state of New York this week sued several companies over “forever chemicals,” a family of toxic chemicals that have commonly been used in consumer products.
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Even the price of “Freedom Fuel” is subject to fluctuations, it seems.
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A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday they reached an agreement with the White House on language for a Russia sanctions bill stalled in Congress for more than a year.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Thursday urged Democratic Maine Senate candidate Nirav Shah to end his newly launched campaign, reviving prior criticism of his handling of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak while he led Illinois’ public health department. Read more
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The Secret Service advised President Trump not to leave the NATO Summit in Turkey on the newer Qatari-gifted Air Force One, according to a Wednesday report. Read more
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