Trump EPA opens critical habitat of endangered species to logging and mining

NPR—The Trump administration rescinded a key Endangered Species Act protection, allowing the EPA to open designated critical habitats of imperiled wildlife to logging, mining, and development. The rollback eliminates federal consultation requirements for activities that could harm threatened species' most essential habitats. Conservation groups called it a 'death sentence' for species already on the brink of extinction, while the administration framed the change as reducing regulatory burdens on industry. The rule affects hundreds of species whose only viable habitats had been shielded by the protection.

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