by Julia Conley | Jul 18, 2026 | animal extinction, Animals, Biodiversity, Department of Interior, Doug Burgum, drilling, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Extinction, Fossil Fuels, Gulf of Mexico, logging, Mining, News, Plants, Trump Administration, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife
“Yet again, the Trump administration has sold out our endangered wildlife to the highest bidder,” said one biodiversity advocate after the US Department of Interior, in a Friday news dump, issued two new policy changes that would weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and make it easier for corporate polluters to prioritize their own bottom lines over habitat protection. The US Fish and…
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by Jake Johnson | Oct 21, 2025 | Endangered Species, federal workers, Government Shutdown, mass extinction event, Migratory Birds, News, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Court documents released Monday show that the Trump administration is exploiting the ongoing government shutdown to pursue mass firings at the US Fish and Wildlife Service amid the nation’s worsening extinction crisis. The new filings came as part of a legal fight between the administration and federal worker unions, which took emergency action earlier this month to stop the latest wave of…
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