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USFWS cuts northern spotted owl critical habitat by 42% in likely death sentence for species

Today, with six days remaining in the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule eliminating 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in…

Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Latest Assaults on the Endangered Species Act

HONOLULU, HAWAI’I-- Today Earthjustice filed two lawsuits in the District of Hawai’i in response to the outgoing administration’s most recent attacks on the Endangered Species Act, the law that…

Trump Administration Proposes Opening California Desert to Destructive Development

Los Angeles —Today, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management released a proposal to undermine conservation protections in the California Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP…

Trump Administration Continues Relentless Rollbacks of the Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration has proposed yet another rollback to the Endangered Species Act during the last days of the administration. The rollback comes on the heels of actions in…

Trump Administration Strips Protections from Migratory Birds

Washington, DC—  In the midst of the first human-driven mass extinction with over 1 million species at risk of disappearing forever, the Trump administration has finalized a rule stripping…

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter on Haaland Nomination for Department of the Interior

ALBUQUERQUE, NM. -- President-elect Biden today nominated Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. The Department of the Interior manages the country’s national parks and approximately…

Sierra Club Praises Haaland Nomination for Department of the Interior

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President-elect Biden today nominated Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior. The Department of the Interior manages the country’s national parks and approximately…

Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback Thwarting Habitat Protection for Endangered Species

WASHINGTON, D.C— The Trump administration tomorrow is expected to finalize a rule to circumvent establishing habitat protections for endangered and threatened species. The rule follows a string of…

Sierra Club on National Defense Authorization Act Passage

WASHINGTON, D.C.--  Today the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act. The massive defense policy bill includes measures to increase military climate-preparedness, to begin…

Forest Service Finalizes Rollback of Critical Forest Protections, Public Input

WASHINGTON, D.C. --  The Trump administration today published a final rule containing rollbacks undercutting the role of science, transparency, and broad public input for decisions involving…