The Trump administration's new proposal seeks to limit the effects of the Endangered Species Act by changing the definition of 'harm' to focus solely on actions that directly affect individual animals, rather than their habitats. This shift could allow for increased logging, mining, and construction in sensitive environments, threatening biodiversity. Conservationists warn that habitat loss is the leading cause of extinction, and this change could reverse decades of progress in protecting endangered species and their habitats, as supported by significant legal precedents and environmental advocacy.
Habitat loss is the biggest single cause of extinction and endangered species—it makes sense to address it. To deny that cause is callous and reckless.
Any conservation gains species were making will be reversed—we're going to see losses again. The proposed rule change threatens to undermine decades of progress.
#endangered-species-act #trump-administration #habitat-conservation #wildlife-protection #environmental-policy
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