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4 stories on Endangered Species ACT. For each one: what the left says, what the right says, and what both agree on. RSS feed

• EPA Guts Climate Rules for Coal, Gas, and Methane in One Sweep

  Sep 17, 2026

  Left: Coal accounts for nearly half of cumulative global carbon emissions since industrialization, making its continued unchecked use a major setback for slowing climate change.

  Right: The repealed 2024 rule attempted to force coal and gas plants to adopt carbon capture technology that critics say is not adequately proven or economically viable, making plant retirements the only realistic compliance path for many facilities.

• Trump Rule Lets Companies Legally Kill Endangered Species by Accident

  Sep 18, 2026

  Left: The new interpretation removes accountability for foreseeable harm, letting companies knowingly destroy habitat as long as killing wildlife wasn't their explicit goal.

  Right: The Fish and Wildlife Service is aligning its enforcement with the law's original text, which was intended to penalize deliberate targeting of protected species, not incidental effects of lawful activity.

• Trump Rule: Killing Endangered Species Legal If Unintentional

  Sep 19, 2026

  Left: This reverses decades of established practice under which people and companies could be held liable even for unintentional harm to protected species, such as logging that destroys nesting habitat or dam construction that kills salmon runs.

  Right: The rule change is framed as restoring the Endangered Species Act to its original statutory intent, aligning enforcement with the actual text Congress passed rather than expansive agency interpretations.

• Trump Rule Would Legalize Accidental Killing of Endangered Species

  Sep 20, 2026

  Left: The new interpretation reverses decades of enforcement that held individuals and companies accountable even for unintentional harm to species like grizzly bears, manatees, and spotted owls.

  Right: The administration frames this as restoring the law to its original textual intent, following a 2024 Supreme Court decision that curtailed federal agencies' ability to broadly interpret environmental statutes beyond what Congress explicitly wrote.