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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Flesher

Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and drop bat's protections

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The U.S. Senate voted narrowly Thursday to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species.

Senators called for reinstating a rule adopted under former President Donald Trump but rescinded by the Biden administration that limited which lands and waters could be designated as places for imperiled animals and plants to receive federal protection.

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