Meet the 'God Squad,' the Powerful Endangered Species Panel That Just Pared Back Protections

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history.
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Rare 'extinct' plant shocks scientists after citizen finds it in outback

A small, slender shrub once written off as lost to history has reappeared in the red dirt of remote northern Australia, forcing scientists to rewrite the fate of a species they had already mourned.
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Wetland plant once nearly extinct may have recovered enough to come off the endangered species list

In this September 2020 photo provided by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, a northeastern bulrush stands in a vernal pool in Tioga State Forest in Tioga County, Pa. The plant was in danger of ...

15 Endangered Species That Haven’t Changed Since the Age of Dinosaurs

Discover 15 endangered species that haven't changed since the age of dinosaurs. See the rare photos of nature's survivors.
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Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered-species protections in the Gulf of Mexico

The Endangered Species Act was overridden by a rare “God Squad” vote, allowing expanded oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico despite threats to the critically endangered Rice’s whale.
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Galveston activists sue over Endangered Species Act exemption for oil and gas industry in the Gulf

Trump administration officials within the Endangered Species Committee, or "God Squad," voted unanimously to exempt oil and ...

Oil exploration in Gulf OK despite endangered species, panel decides

The God Squad met for the first time since 1991, and members said it's OK to bypass the Endangered Species Act in order to ...