Original sentence: "  Environmental opponents criticized the revision as "crashing like a bulldozer" through the act and "tipping the scales way in favour of industry." The California legislature passed a bill that would have raised California regulations to thwart Trump's changes, but it was vetoed by Governor Newsom.In October 2019, at the urging of civil liberties groups, the USFWS and the NMFS under President Donald Trump changed the §4(d) rule to treat "threatened" and "critically endangered" species differently, legalizing private recovery initiatives and habitats for species that are merely "threatened
Edited sentence: "  The rollbacks of the ESA's protections come just months after the IPBES released its Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which found that human activity has pushed a million species of flora and fauna to the brink of extinction.Brett Hartl of the Center for Biological Diversity says "These changes tip the scales way in favour of industry.Environmental groups said the new plan will "crash like a bulldozer" through the 1973 landmark decision that is credited with saving many species from extinction.Government officials stated that the new plan will reduce regulations.In August 2019, the US federal government, headed by President Donald Trump, announced that it would be changing the way the Endangered Species Act would be enforced.In California, state legislators are pursuing a bill that keeps the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in place for the state as it was before the president took office.They threaten to undermine the last 40 years of progress