Climate Change
A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week
The U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on a bill that would defang the Endangered Species Act.
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year trying to defang the Endangered Species Act, the country’s bedrock conservation law. But one of the most aggressive and far-reaching attempts just faced a major setback—and concerns from within the party were at least part of the reason.
A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week