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Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection

Politics The Hill By Rachel Frazin 10 Jul 2026 20:09 1 min read
Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection

The Trump administration on Friday announced it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.  Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually...

The Trump administration on Friday announced it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.  Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually...

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