Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species

The Trump administration is moving to weaken the half-century-old Endangered Species Act by redefining the word “harm.”A proposed rule, issued on Wednesday from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, would repeal a longstanding interpretation of what it means to harm imperiled plants and animals to exclude the destruction of habitat.The move is part of a plan…