Trump Says He Is Rolling Back Protections for Endangered Species The Trump administration's decision to roll back protections for endangered species has sent shockwaves through the environmental community.
This move is a deliberate attempt to open up the country's wilderness areas to exploitation by industries that have long been chafing under the constraints of the 1973 Endangered Species Act.
President Trump has argued that "radical climate activists" have unfairly limited American progress by expanding the scope of the act.