Court Overturns Trump Administration Policy That Sharply Curtailed Protections for Migratory Birds
August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release on August 11:
A federal court today overturned a Trump administration reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that had upended decades of enforcement and let industry polluters entirely off the hook for killing birds.
The administration argued the law only applied to intentional killing of birds and not "incidental" killing from industrial activities, includ . . .
A federal court today overturned a Trump administration reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that had upended decades of enforcement and let industry polluters entirely off the hook for killing birds.
The administration argued the law only applied to intentional killing of birds and not "incidental" killing from industrial activities, includ . . .