Endangered Species Act, Presidency of Donald Trump
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The Trump administration is rescinding a decades-old Endangered Species Act rule it says expanded federal authority to restrict energy production, infrastructure projects and private land use.
The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.
The Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries have changed what it means to “harm” threatened or endangered wildlife. The Trump administration redefined how the federal government will interpret a key word in the Endangered Species Act on Friday ...
