Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
April 17, 2025 Heard
on Morning Edition
By
Jonathan Lambert
The
Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species
Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one
word: harm.
On
Wednesday, the administration proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit
only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they
rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build
on lands that endangered species need to thrive.
"Habitat loss is the biggest single cause of extinction
and endangered species — it makes sense to address it," said Brett Hartl,
government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. He called
efforts to deny that cause "callous and reckless."
"Any
conservation gains species were making will be reversed — we're going to see
losses again," he said.
Continues Here: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5366814/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule?mc_cid=4ecccc965d&mc_eid=6dee51bcfe
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