‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

The Trump administration finalized a rule that repeals fifty years of endangered species habitat protection, according to The Guardian. The change opens critical wildlife habitats to logging, mining, and development by narrowing the legal definition of 'harm.' Habitat destruction is the strongest driver of species loss, and the protection being repealed had kept ninety-nine percent of listed species from going extinct.

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