The Washington Postreversing 50 years, Death sentence
CNNreversing 50 years of environmental law
The Trump administration issued a regulatory revision to the Endangered Species Act that redefined the term harm to require direct injury or death to listed species rather than habitat modification alone. The change affected federal reviews of logging, mining, and development projects on lands previously subject to broader restrictions. Multiple lawsuits followed, and the rule was later reversed by the subsequent administration.