Biden delays Trump rule that weakened wild bird protections
Source: Associated Press
MATTHEW BROWN,
Associated Press
Feb. 4, 2021
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 6:50 p.m.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday it was delaying a rule finalized in former President Donald Trump's last days in office that would have drastically weakened the government's power to enforce a century-old law protecting most wild birds.
The rule could mean more birds die, including those that land in oil pits or collide with power lines or other structures, government studies say. But under Trump, the Interior Department sided with industry groups that had long sought to end criminal prosecutions of accidental but preventable bird deaths.
While the new rule had been set to take effect Monday, Interior Department officials said they were putting it off at President Joe Biden's direction and will reopen the issue to public comment.
The migratory bird rule was among dozens of Trump-era environmental policies that Biden ordered to be reconsidered on his first day in office. Former federal officials, environmental groups and Democrats in Congress contend many of the Trump rules were meant to benefit private industry at the expense of conservation.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Biden-delays-Trump-rule-that-weakened-wild-bird-15925092.php
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Nobody, no animal even, disrespects Trump like that. Probably part of the deep state too!
Save our Earth and all their precious inhabitants.
