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Related: About this forumA controversial Trump legal opinion weakened a law to protect birds. Now it might be made permanent.
Proposed rule would ensure people, companies wont face prosecution for accidentally killing birds
The Trump administration is working to cement new standards weakening enforcement of the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Interior Department officials said Thursday that they will propose regulations clarifying that individuals and industrial operators, such as oil, gas and wind companies, will not be penalized if they accidentally kill birds even on a massive scale.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith said the new regulatory language is needed so that private industries can operate without the fear and uncertainty that the unintentional consequences of their actions may be prosecuted when birds are killed. Officials said they will rely on companies to voluntarily protect birds.
Skipwith noted that her agencys mission centered on protecting the nations wildlife and plant species.
Migratory bird conservation is an integral part of that mission, and we are fully committed to it, she said, adding that the administration also wants to reduce regulatory obstacles.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/01/30/controversial-trump-legal-opinion-weakened-law-protect-birds-now-they-want-make-it-permanent/
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A controversial Trump legal opinion weakened a law to protect birds. Now it might be made permanent. (Original Post)
douglas9
Jan 2020
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yonder
(9,656 posts)1. Every step is backward and blind.
Industry self-regulation does not work.
Harker
(13,976 posts)3. You have that right.
Who but the republicants could repeatedly spit out "EPA", and make it sound like a terrorist plot.
duforsure
(11,884 posts)2. It I think in time
Will expose everything trump has done was based on getting kickbacks and payoffs from doing these things, and canceling agreements. All to use to get money into his pockets , or anther way to benefit from the abuse of his powers he has. He's got them contributing to his campaign and super pacs to funnel it to himself if they look into it, I suspect.