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

[Markle]

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.

I'm sure that means that the government will be suing wind and solar farms too, right?

 

[ding]

I mean if you are going to celebrate a victory don't you want to at least know a few of the basic details of what you are celebrating?

Or are you so blinded by party allegiance that you will celebrate anything they tell you to celebrate without question?

That doesn't seem like a good look.

Instead of triple posting once every 2 minutes, give me a second to answer your question...

Take it easy. It wasn't directed to you specifically. The world is not hanging on your every response, bro.

It comes out how it comes out. I would think you would be more worried about looking like a trained stooge rather than the frequency of my posts. At least I would if I was acting like a trained stooge.

 

[Obiwan]

Since the OP seems to be so concerned about the birds, maybe he should encourage the Democrats to utilize a route that will be more bird-friendly and easier on the environment...

 

[AFrench2]

Since the OP seems to be so concerned about the birds, maybe he should encourage the Democrats to utilize a route that will be more bird-friendly and easier on the environment...

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I'd respond to you in earnest, but you live in Indiana - you have your own problems.

 

[ding]

Says the guy who accepts anything he is told without question by his masters.

 

[Markle]

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.

Yeah, I have seen THOUSANDS of wind turbines with one black blade.

 

[whitehall]

You have the wrong president. It was the Obama administration that gave the wind turbine industry permission to kill migratory birds for the next 30 years including up to 4,500 eagles per year.

 

[AFrench2]

You have the wrong president. It was the Obama administration that gave the wind turbine industry permission to kill migratory birds for the next 30 years including up to 4,500 eagles per year.

ok