The US District Court for D.C. just struck down a 2020 permitting shortcut that allowed coal mines to avoid a full Endangered Species Act review. The ruling vacates a nationwide loophole & regulators must now analyse actual harms and require mitigation where needed.
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Center for Biological Diversity: CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A federal court ruled today that the federal government’s attempts to undercut Endangered Species Act protections for the sake of coal mining were…