Politics● ElevatedSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 8:40 AM
Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animals
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Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
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