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Trump Rescinds ESA “Harm” Rule, States Sue

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump rescinded the Endangered Species Act’s “harm” definition, changing “take.”
  • The Interior Department eliminated a blanket rule treating threatened species as endangered, prompting 20 states and D.C. to sue.
  • A Sept. 14 memo told U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices injury to endangered animals does not count as “take.”