Issues Senate committee examines modernizing the Endangered Species Act. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on Wednesday focused on updating and reforming the 43-year-old Endangered Species Act (ESA) – a shared priority for many in Congress [...]
Issues BLM 2.0 Rule Struck Down by House Lawmakers. This week, the House of Representatives voted to strike down the Bureau of Land Management's Planning 2.0 rule, a part of an effort by lawmakers to eliminate certain regulations under the [...]
Issues IPAA responds to lesser prairie chicken listing petition. The Independent Petroleum Association of America, American Petroleum Institute, Permian Basin Petroleum Association, and Western Energy Alliance submitted joint comments this week urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to [...]
IPAA submitted joint comments with API, the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, and the Western Energy Alliance stating that the best scientific and commercial information available demonstrates that the LPC does not meet the ESA’s definitions of either a threatened or endangered [...]
Issues Bishop bill targets sage grouse. House Natural Resources Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 527 last week, a bill to help state governors plan for greater sage-grouse conservation and preservation. Bishop’s legislation is a reintroduction of a bill [...]
Issues Rusty patched bumble bee listed as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared this week that it had listed the rusty patched bumble bee (RPBB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), marking the [...]
Issues Trump's Supreme Court picks could reshape Endangered Species Act. President-elect Trump is set to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia early this year, and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy are expected to retire before [...]
Over the past year, the IPAA team has continued its efforts to advocate for the appropriate and effective use of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), balancing the protection of critical species and habitats with economic development and sound science. IPAA [...]