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Trump administration revives rollbacks of species protections from first term
Headline from The Columbian
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump's administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Specie
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The Trump administration moved on Wednesday to roll back Biden-era changes reviled by industry. The new rules will protect fewer species and make money a factor in decision making.
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump's administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Specie
The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican's first term. Those changes were reversed under former President Biden.
The proposed changes include the elimination of the "blanket rule" that automatically protects animals and plants when they are classified as threatened.
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to weaken the popular Endangered Species Act in an attempt to restore changes made during the president’s first term that were later blocked by a federal judge
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