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Democratic leaders voice alarm over planned changes to Endangered Species Act rules
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Summary
Speakers warned that administration rules proposed to bar consideration of climate change when listing species would be a significant rollback; Pelosi and others said they would oppose the changes and stressed legal and moral stakes.
Speakers at the Senate-side event responded to an audience question about administration plans to issue regulations that would prevent considering climate change when listing species under the Endangered Species Act.
An attendee asked what reaction the speakers had to reports that the administration planned to limit listing criteria to exclude climate factors. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the proposed changes fit a pattern of attacks on environmental protections and described the administration’s rhetoric about climate as a "con job." She said that such regulatory rollbacks could be difficult to reverse and appealed to courts and future elections to check the changes.
Leader Jeffries framed failure to protect endangered species in moral terms and said Democrats planned to "strongly oppose" the changes. The exchange did not record any specific legal filings or votes; speakers urged public and institutional resistance.
