Biden Administration Tosses Out 2017 Trump-Era Rule That Allowed Big Oil to Kill Birds

[AFrench2]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
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Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

 

[surada]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

When did conservatives come to oppose conservation?

 

[Obiwan]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

When did conservatives come to oppose conservation?

Need balance

 

[surada]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

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• Painting Just One Wind Turbine Blade Black Could ...
  
  https://www.iflscience.com/environment/painting
  ...
  All it takes is a touch of black paint. By painting just one blade black, the researchers report they have managed to reduce bird deaths from wind turbines by over 70 percent. Wind turbine in the...
• Painting wind turbine blades black can reduce bird deaths 70%
  
  https://www.fastcompany.com/90543981/painting-wind
  ...
  Aug 28, 2020 · In a new study, researchers found that painting a single blade black on a white wind turbine reduces bird deaths by around 70%. The step makes …

 

[AFrench2]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

I love animals, yes.

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Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

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You didn't read anything in the article or even my opening post.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

I love animals, yes.

?

Yeah I like my steaks medium rare also.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Oh great another tree hugger on here

I love animals, yes.

?

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

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You didn't read anything in the article or even my opening post.

Because we already know obama fast tracked the bills

 

[westwall]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

 

[surada]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

If you paint one blade on a wind turbine black it reduces bird kills by 70%. I posted links earlier.

 

[surada]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

View attachment 466070View attachment 466071

• Painting Just One Wind Turbine Blade Black Could ...
  
  https://www.iflscience.com/environment/painting
  ...
  All it takes is a touch of black paint. By painting just one blade black, the researchers report they have managed to reduce bird deaths from wind turbines by over 70 percent. Wind turbine in the...
• Painting wind turbine blades black can reduce bird deaths 70%
  
  https://www.fastcompany.com/90543981/painting-wind
  ...
  Aug 28, 2020 · In a new study, researchers found that painting a single blade black on a white wind turbine reduces bird deaths by around 70%. The step makes …

 

[AFrench2]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

 

[wamose]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

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Amen.

 

[surada]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

 

[Darkwind]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

It is NOT a solution to bird kills. 30% of them are still being killed. God, you people, and your common core math failures.

 

[surada]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

It is NOT a solution to bird kills. 30% of them are still being killed. God, you people, and your common core math failures.

And, 70% of them are NOT being killed.

 

[Darkwind]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

It is NOT a solution to bird kills. 30% of them are still being killed. God, you people, and your common core math failures.

And, 70% of them are NOT being killed.

So, it is a solution that if 10 million were killed before, 3 million is now okay?

The POINT of course, was that you clowns find it acceptable for ideologies you support and unacceptable for everyone else.

 

[gtopa1]

Biden Team Tosses Trump-Era Opinion That Gave Industry A Free Pass To Kill Birds

A 2017 legal interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act “allowed industry to kill birds with impunity," a Biden administration official said Monday.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds.

In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an interpretation of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and wind turbines.

Jorjani argued that the law was only meant to prohibit the intentional hunting, capturing or killing of bird species, and that as long as a company or individual does not mean to kill birds, they are protected from prosecution.
...
...
Under the 100-year-old conservation law, it is illegal to pursue, hunt, capture, kill or possess migratory birds or their parts without proper permits. And since the 1970s, the federal government has occasionally prosecuted timber, fossil fuel and mining companies for unintentional but often avoidable bird deaths caused by industrial activity.


If you don't know the background, the Trump Administration was terrible for the environment and animal rights. He gutted the Endangered Species Act, torched the EPA, and also did the above to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the days of Roosevelt and conservationist bird lovers. Today marks a good day for animal rights and the rule of law against big business.

EDIT: Everything in italics is from the article, not me. "Gutted" is their word not mine.

Yep, it's quicker to just kill them with wind turbines!!!!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds (fws.gov)

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds | CFACT

How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

View attachment 466070View attachment 466071

• Painting Just One Wind Turbine Blade Black Could ...
  
  https://www.iflscience.com/environment/painting
  ...
  All it takes is a touch of black paint. By painting just one blade black, the researchers report they have managed to reduce bird deaths from wind turbines by over 70 percent. Wind turbine in the...
• Painting wind turbine blades black can reduce bird deaths 70%
  
  https://www.fastcompany.com/90543981/painting-wind
  ...
  Aug 28, 2020 · In a new study, researchers found that painting a single blade black on a white wind turbine reduces bird deaths by around 70%. The step makes …

RACIST!!!

Greg

 

[surada]

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

It is NOT a solution to bird kills. 30% of them are still being killed. God, you people, and your common core math failures.

And, 70% of them are NOT being killed.

You want wind farms which kill rare raptors. They get a special dispensation for killing the birds. Wherever they are they decimate raptor and bat populations so spare us your faux concern.

Chill, dude.

He's just ignoring the solution to bird kills.. He'd rather attack Biden.

It is NOT a solution to bird kills. 30% of them are still being killed. God, you people, and your common core math failures.

And, 70% of them are NOT being killed.

So, it is a solution that if 10 million were killed before, 3 million is now okay?

The POINT of course, was that you clowns find it acceptable for ideologies you support and unacceptable for everyone else.

A reduction of 70% of bird kills is significant.