Environmental activists are crying foul over proposed new language that would hamstring conservation efforts while green-lighting development.

Next steps include development of a recovery plan, which will be bolstered by input from other federal and state agencies, other conservation partners and the public.

The complaint accuses the state agency of failing to execute its duties by approving agrochemical industry permits without adequate environmental review.

Thirty-nine plant and 10 animal species have been added to list of endangered species in Hawaiʻi.