'We are all impacted by biodiversity loss and combating it must be a priority.' earthjustice sierraclub
challenging the Trump-era rules on behalf of groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, and Wild Earth Guardians.
Once in office, Biden administration officials including Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service filed a remand motion in response to the lawsuit asking the court to allow them to partially rewrite former President Donald Trump's rules while keeping the rest of the order broadly in place.
In his Tuesday decision, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled that the regulations should be vacated instead. Tigar's ruling will help resolve"an unlawful and irrational mess that undermined critical protections for wildlife," said Karimah Schoenhut, an attorney for the Sierra Club."In the midst of a global extinction crisis, the court's decision to vacate the rules will help ensure that imperiled species receive the protections they desperately need," Schoenhut added.
The Biden administration will now have"a clean slate to safeguard hundreds of species amidst the ongoing extinction crisis" instead of adhering to"unscientific and illegal Trump rules," said Mike Senatore, vice president of conservation law for Defenders of Wildlife.Our work is licensed under Creative Commons . Feel free to republish and share widely.
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