Permian Basin lizard in peril?

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Protectors of a small lizard in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico are worried the energy decisions of the Trump administration will put the creature in danger…maybe of extinction?

Under the Biden administration, the dunes sagebrush lizard that inhabits the largest oil producing region in the country gained protection under the Endangered Species Act. But advocates now fear it become a victim of Trump’s “drill baby drill” efforts.

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