This is Capitalism at its worse. Wipe out a few species if you can make a buck doing it...
"Protection for wildlife species has also been especially hard hit by the Trump administration. During the August congressional recess, the Interior Department promulgated a new rule that would fundamentally change the Endangered Species Act — allowing economic information to be considered in addition to science in decisions to list a species, changing the rule that automatically extends protections to threatened species as their status is being considered, and limiting the role of climate change in consideration of listing."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/open-...eP3xRaOticPL-E