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Story summary
- Oregon and Colorado file lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over Endangered Species Act changes.
- Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Governor Tina Kotek announced the suit on Sept. 9.
- The suit challenges a July 14 rule narrowing the ESA “harm” definition to direct injury.
- It also contests a rule removing automatic protection for newly listed threatened species.
- Another contested rule rewrites critical-habitat designations, easing development.
