| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=45611"><span class="small">Lisa Friedman, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Wednesday, 25 December 2019 08:00 |
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Lisa Friedman, The New York Times
Trump’s Relaxed Environmental Rules Allow Industry to Kill Birds With Impunity25 December 19
To compensate, they considered developing an artificial island as a haven. Then in June 2018, the Trump administration stepped in. While the federal government “appreciates” the state’s efforts, new rules in Washington had eliminated criminal penalties for “incidental” migratory bird deaths that came in the course of normal business, administration officials advised. Such conservation measures were now “purely voluntary.” The state ended its island planning. |
s the state of Virginia prepared for a major bridge and tunnel expansion in the tidewaters of the Chesapeake Bay last year, engineers understood that the nesting grounds of 25,000 gulls, black skimmers, royal terns and other seabirds were about to be plowed under. 