The changes “represent both individually and cumulatively significant retractions to the scope of the statute in many different ways,” said George Washington University environmental law professor Robert Glicksman.

The Trump administration demolished the East Wing of the White House last month to make way for a large event space.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed rolling back changes made to strengthen the Endangered Species Act (ESA) under former U.S. President Joe Biden, reverting parts of the law to the language used during Trump’s first term.

The Endangered Species Act is credited with rescuing the bald eagle, American alligator, peregrine falcon and numerous other species from extinction.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the proposal “is restoring the Endangered Species Act to its original intent,” but an environmentalist called it a

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as his nominee to be the secretary of the Department of the Interior. "We have a big announcement, and I won’t tell you, it’s — I won’t tell ...