Sat.Apr 19, 2025

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The Relentless School Nurse: Redefining “Harm” – What the Trump Administration’s Rollback of the Endangered Species Act Means for Wildlife—and Us

Relentless School Nurse

The Trump administration is unleashing a torrent of executive orders and announcements, many of which roll back long-standing public health safeguards and pose serious risks to the health of our nation. It is hard to put them in rank order, but among the most concerning is a proposed redefinition of the term harm under the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) a subtle legal tweak with far-reaching implications.

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