AG Ken Paxton sues feds over endangered lizard in Texas oil country

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration and federal environmental and wildlife officials Monday to challenge the endangered species listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard, which lives in the heart of Texas oil country. Less than three inches long, the lizard inhabits parts of the Permian Basin near Midland-Odessa and the southeast corner of New Mexico, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Paxton argued that the agency illegally classified the lizard, also known as the sand dune lizard, against “the best scientific and commercial data available”...