July 22, 2026
A Texas federal judge approved a settlement in which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to scrap a Biden-era rule Texas challenged that listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered, sparking an outcry from the group that sought the listing.
June 04, 2026
Texas and the U.S. Interior Department asked a federal judge to approve a settlement vacating the Biden-era designation of a lizard species as endangered, after Texas argued that the move was unfounded and imperiled energy development around the Permian Basin.
September 23, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a judge to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule that listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species, calling it a "backdoor attempt" to undermine energy development in the Permian Basin.