This is a one sided political slam against the President. I find this offensive and one sided. I didn;t sign up for political campaigning on the BIRD list serve...
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:17 AM Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Environment Minnesota <act...@environmentminnesota.org> > Date: March 17, 2020 at 8:14:39 AM CDT > To: "katda...@hotmail.com" <katda...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Our best bird protection law is being rolled back > Reply-To: act...@environmentminnesota.org > > > > Birds need our protection now more than ever, but the Trump administration > plans to gut our most powerful bird conservation law. > [https://tpin.webaction.org/images/outlookfix.jpg] > > [Environment Minnesota Banner] > > Bird populations are collapsing, but the Trump administration is trying to > roll back our most important bird conservation law. Add your name to help > save the Migratory Bird Treaty Act before the deadline this Thursday, March > 19. > > TAKE ACTION< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hjWhBNskTSpTYtL9HRSQy9wCZfsh8%2F21 > > > > Kathryn, > > There are 3 billion fewer birds in the skies of North America today than > there were 50 years ago. This dramatic decline points to something worse > than seeing fewer feathered friends at our backyard feeders. "This is the > loss of nature," said one conservation biologist -- because birds are vital > players in every ecosystem.1 > > Birds need our protection now more than ever, but the Trump administration > plans to gut our most powerful bird conservation law. The Migratory Bird > Treaty Act has been preventing bird deaths for 100 years -- but no longer, > unless we take action.2 > > We have until this Thursday to tell the Trump administration: Don't roll > back the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QaRWP39w%2F%2BYsdGzodUMRytwCZfsh8%2F21 > > > > Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, companies can be held liable for harm > done to birds by their projects, even if the birds were killed by accident. > For example, thousands of birds choke or drown in the toxic black ponds > that store oil drilling waste. Because of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, > the oil companies responsible could be fined for their deaths even though > the ponds weren't intended to kill birds.3 > > In 2017, the Trump administration decided to follow an extremely narrow > interpretation of the law. The government stopped investigating bird > deaths, and even began to discourage business and states from going out of > their way to protect birds.4 > > This change will be permanent if the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is rolled > back. Submit your public comment before the March 19 deadline.< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5Dm2mppFuUvPXIWhzs8%2F9twCZfsh8%2F21 > > > > It's not too late to ensure that birds will enjoy the protection of this > vital law for another century and beyond. The government is required by law > to consider any public feedback that is submitted before the deadline, so > the time to raise our voices is now. > > This rollback makes it easy for companies to cause the deaths of thousands > of birds just because it's more convenient to leave them in harm's way than > it is to protect them. But you and I both know that this shortsighted point > of view doesn't make any sense. Our nation's incredible wildlife is worth > protecting at any cost. > > Thank you, > > Timothy Schaefer > State Director > > P.S. Our work to defend the environment can't stop and won't stop in the > face of the coronavirus pandemic. We'll keep advocating on your behalf -- > at a safe social distance -- for clean air, clean water, clean energy, > wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate. > > 1. Carl Zimmer, "Birds Are Vanishing From North America< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=btB4JKs7ZcIp%2FYATQgH3lNwCZfsh8%2F21>," > The New York Times, September 19, 2019. > 2. Lisa Friedman, "Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules Against > Killing Birds< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XEdrfgODYlNf8H16PaYpZ9wCZfsh8%2F21>," > The New York Times, January 30, 2020. > 3. Elizabeth Shogren, "I saw more dead birds in that one pit than hunters > would poach< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BrXuucwZk%2BbTHdSigNIVu9wCZfsh8%2F21>," > High Country News, March 15, 2018. > 4. Lisa Friedman, "A Trump Policy 'Clarification' All but Ends Punishment > for Bird Deaths< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AlLw5XzlmOYlLQ66ZofmWdwCZfsh8%2F21>," > The New York Times, December 26, 2019. > > Donate today.< > http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=A6FnCO8twDhCazQ0rw%2FIX9wCZfsh8%2F21> > A cleaner, greener future is within our reach. 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