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The Trump administration recast how threatened species should be considered in environmental actions by removing regulatory language to protect wildlife habitats.<\/p>\n

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Under the rule change, the Interior Department removed the definition of \u201charm\u201d under the Endangered Species Act. Since 1981, \u201charm\u201d has been defined as any action that hurts or kills species, including modifying or degrading an imperiled species\u2019 habitat.<\/p>\n

In a move finalized Friday, the administration now leaves \u201charm\u201d undefined, meaning destroying a species\u2019 nest or habitat would no longer be considered illegal. That would open up animals\u2019 habitats to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,\u201d Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said. \u201cThat approach turned routine activity into a regulatory trap, drove up costs that impacted people\u2019s lives, and expanded federal authority beyond what Congress intended. This action restores common sense, respects private property, provides much-needed certainty for landowners and follows the statute Congress actually passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Environmentalists called the change the biggest attack on the ESA in decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than four decades, the definition of \u2019harm\u2019 recognized a simple truth: If you destroy the places wildlife need to survive, you are putting species on a path to extinction,\u201d said Ben Greuel, wildlife campaign manager at the Sierra Club. \u201cThis rule ignores that reality in an unlawful attempt to open the door for corporate polluters to degrade vitally important habitats. Wildlife be damned.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rule change is in part on the Supreme Court\u2019s 2024 decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which requires federal agencies to follow the single best meaning of a statute rather than defer to an agency\u2019s preferred definition of a statute.<\/p>\n

Under that standard, the Interior and Commerce departments concluded that the prior definition of \u201charm\u201d was an unlawful regulatory intrusion that interfered with property rights.<\/p>\n

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