Conservation groups sue over Endangered Species Act habitat change

By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing. n.pr/4wCwMd9

"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 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 @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.​

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

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. 🌎

BREAKING NEWS: The Trump administration just announced a revised Endangered Species Act rule that would allow more killing of grizzly bears across the lower 48 states, where they're currently protected as an threatened species.

The U.S. Interior Department will officially drop the definition of the word “harm” from the kinds of actions prohibited by the Endangered Species Act in a Federal Register notice expected to publish Tuesday.

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

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.