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A Condor soars above the research site on Tuesday Oct. 15, 2013, in Big Sur, Calif. The California Condor research camp high in the steep coastal range above Big Sur is the site of the Ventana Wildlife Society's Condor Recovery Program, where California Condors are analyzed for lead contamination, their general health and electronic tracking devices they wear are checked for proper operation. (Photo by Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Endangered Species Act restored by federal judge after Trump-era weakening

The Kobe Chouest platform supply vessel sits anchored next to the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in the aerial photograph taken off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018. While U.S. shale production has been dominating markets, a quiet revolution has been taking place offshore. The combination of new technology and smarter design will end much of the overspending that's made large troves of subsea oil barely profitable to produce, industry executives say. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Biden caught between climate goals and high gas prices as administration releases new drilling plan

Emissions rise from the Kentucky Utilities Co. Ghent generating station in Ghent, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Coal's slow downfall is gaining momentum across the U.S. as clean energy becomes cheaper and wins widespread support, but lawmakers in mining states from Wyoming to West Virginia are determined to fight back with a series of roadblocks to President Joe Bidens plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

How the Supreme Court ruling will gut the EPA's ability to fight the climate crisis

CASTLE DALE, UT - OCTOBER 9: Emissions rise from the smokestacks of Pacificorp's 1440 megawatt coal fired power plant on October 9, 2017 in Castle Dale, Utah. It was announced today that the Trump administration's EPA will repeal the Clean Power Plan,that was put in place by the Obama administration. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Supreme Court curbs EPA's ability to fight climate change

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. The Biden administration is considering new measures to protect the ground-dwelling bird that was once found across much of the U.S. West. It has lost vast areas of habitat in recent decades due to oil and gas drilling, grazing, wildfires and other pressures. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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