Why the Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ Is Meeting After 35 Years
In an executive order on his first day back in office, President Donald Trump directed an obscure panel of senior federal agency leaders called the Endangered Species Committee to start meeting regularly. The committee has the power to override certain legal protections for endangered species put at high risk by proposed industrial projects. In other words, it has the power to effectively condemn a species to extinction, earning the group a nickname: the God Squad.
2026-03-30 10:00 | Bloomberg