Paxton lawsuit prompts end of federal endangered species protection for Texas lizard

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the federal government over its decision to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered—a species that inhabits the state's largest oil and gas production region. The Texas Tribune reports the lawsuit has prompted an end to that federal protection.

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