Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

Piping plovers lay their eggs on the ground. They became an endangered species as development encroached on their habitat and made it harder for their chicks to survive. Under the Same Moon/Flickr, CC BY The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful. Think about that. Habitat loss is the No. 1 reason species become endangered. Red-cockaded woodpeckers need mature long-leaf pine forests to reproduce. Endangered western monarch butterflies…