WASHINGTON - Nine environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday in a Seattle federal court for removing the ...

By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how ...

The departments argued that previous administrations "weaponized" the word to block energy production, logging, ...

On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, ...

The final rule eliminates a decades-old regulatory definition, with federal agencies saying the change better aligns implementation of the Endangered Species Act with the law's text.

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, the Services) proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA ...