**Scientists discover how Trump’s policies could drive hundreds of thousands of species extinct**
**New research reveals that the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental regulations could lead to the extinction of hundreds of thousands of species worldwide.**
A study published in the journal **Nature** found that the administration’s proposed cuts to the Endangered Species Act and other environmental protections could result in the loss of up to 1 million species by 2050. This would be the largest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.
The study’s authors warn that the Trump administration’s policies are putting the planet’s biodiversity at risk. They say that the administration’s rollbacks of environmental regulations are .
