Texas Files Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Over Lizard’s Endangered Listing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Monday for declaring the dunes sagebrush lizard an endangered species, saying the politically motivated decision could harm property owners and energy production.

Paxton, a Republican, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service relied on faulty data and arbitrary assumptions about the lizard’s future in adopting a final rule, on May 20 declaring the animal endangered.

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