Endangered Species Act

A 1,256-megawatt nuclear reactor on Lake Erie accidentally became a wildlife sanctuary, now spotted turtles nest inside its buffer zone

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Alongside the 1,100-acre plot of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, small black shells with yellow dots are often found slowly making their way through the land. On Lake Erie’s south-central shore, where brown water and a mud of wetland exist, a new resident has shelled up.This event comes up as a little surprise, as Ohio…

Trump admin sued by 9 environmental groups over definition of ‘harm’ | World News

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Trump administration sued for removing harm definition from Endangered Species Act rules. Nine environmental organisations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to withdraw a long-standing interpretation of the Endangered Species Act that treated habitat destruction as a form of harm to protected wildlife, Reuters reported.The case, filed in a federal…