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God Squad

Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

The Endangered Species Committee, known as the God Squad, issued a rare exemption from compliance with the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Wyatt Myskow

A seagull takes flight near the construction of a Shell oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2022. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
Pat Parenteau worked to secure protections for the whooping crane when the “God Squad” first met 50 years ago. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A construction crew works on Shell’s Vito platform at the Kiewit Offshore Services complex on April 6, 2022, in Ingleside, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

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