Conservation groups sue over Endangered Species Act habitat change

The strength of conservation is measured not when it is easy, but when it is tested. Last week's changes to the U.S. Endangered Species Act regulations weaken protections that have helped recover some of America's most iconic wildlife. #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation

For 50+ years, "harm" under the Endangered Species Act meant two things: killing an animal, or destroying the place it lives. The bald eagle, the California condor, the American alligator - all recovered because both counted. As of last Friday, only one still does.

Trump is gutting endangered species protections and putting climate resilience at risk. When we destroy habitat, we weaken ecosystems already under pressure from warming, drought, and extreme weather. This is a direct attack on biodiversity and the climate fight. apnews.com/article/t... 1/2

"The number-one driver of extinction [is] damage and harm to their habitat... So if you're no longer counting that as harm under the law, you're not going be able to protect any of the listed species." They love to watch the world burn as long as they get paid. #Pinks

The @biologicaldiversity.org sues feds to provide better protection for an iconic but fast-disappearing #Florida species, the queen conch. www.wmnf.org/queen-conch-...

BREAKING: The Trump administration is illegally changing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by reversing a 50-year understanding that the law protects wildlife from habitat destruction.​

BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin's gutting of Endangered Species Act habitat protections on behalf of EPIC, KS Wild, Friends of the Shasta River, @cascadiawildlands.bsky.social, and fisherman Chris Daughters. Extinction is not an option. We are the resistance. 🌎

Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act www.npr.org/2026/07/14/n...

Geez it's almost like people don't think you should drill, mine, or do logging In the habitat of an endangered species.. The nerve of some people wanting other animals to live GOOD😏 here's hoping they win too. The 🍊 nightmares regime is just ridiculous rolling back environmental protections 4 profit

The U.S. government has redefined the meaning of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), no longer considering damage to a species’ habitat as harming its chance of survival.

Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act But instead Trump is dismantling the Endangered Species Act www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gauntlet thrown. The protection of imperiled species and their homes—i.e., the rivers, forests, mountains, grasslands, and other ecosystems they call home—pursuant to the Endangered Species Act are not negotiable.

In addition to leaving the Paris Climate Accord, and the Iran nuclear deal, and weakening the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act, and fixing the algae pool at the Lincoln Memorial, today Trump signed an Exec. Order to sell 3 million acres of National Parks and Monuments land to some men

"Today, conservation groups and a fishing guide filed suit in federal court in San Francisco to challenge the Trump administration’s new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that 'harm' to species does not include destroying their habitat." www.wildcalifornia.org/post/esa-suit

It is very difficult to imagine how much more the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service can do to betray their sworn mission to protect endangered species from the black abyss of extinction Today, USFWS published the final rule removing “harm” from the Endangered Species Act www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...