Courtney Bourgoin, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC— Today as the country faces an uprising for racial justice and ongoing pandemic, the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in efforts to strip critical protections in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The move— one of the several environmental protection rollbacks in the last couple of months— comes on World Environment Day and after lawmakers, conservation organizations and community groups repeatedly called for the administration to halt major decisions and comment periods during the pandemic.
In response to the announcement, Kirin Kennedy, Deputy Legislative Director at the Sierra Club released the following statement:
“Today's announcement which drastically undermines the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is reprehensible. It is a disheartening reminder of how little attention the Trump administration is paying to the very real crises before us—from the masses in the streets demanding Black lives be valued to the rapidly-accelerating extinction and climate crises that threaten us all.
“This move paves the way for destructive industries to be let off-the-hook when their actions result in the deaths of endangered birds. The Trump administration must immediately stop plans to undo this vital safeguard”
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