The U.S. House of Representatives moved Wednesday to delay a vote on legislation that hundreds of environmental groups said would have dangerous consequences for America’s endangered and threatened species.
The bill sought to revise the 1973 Endangered Species Act, shifting responsibility for around 1,700 species to state, local and tribe governments and expanding the capabilities of the “God Squad”, the nickname for a panel of seven Cabinet-level members who have the ability to decide a species’ fate.
