The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to fully study the impacts of a new rule eliminating criminal penalties for incidental migratory bird deaths under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and did not properly consider reasonable alternatives, states and green groups said in new lawsuits filed Tuesday.
As WWF welcomes President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, we recognize that the new Administration will begin during one of the most challenging moments in American history, when our democracy itself has recently come under assault.
The incoming Administration will need to bolster and strengthen our democratic institutions, which have been sorely tested and strained over the past four years. This includes confronting issues of equality, equity, and racial injustice, which are inextricably linked to the health and resilience of our society and the democratic principles that undergird it. It also means fundamentally reaffirming that political debate and policy decisions must be grounded in facts, science, and truth.
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON As President Joe Biden takes office today, his administration announced a series of steps aimed at combating the climate crisis and protecting wildlife from extinction. These include reentering the Paris Agreement, cancelling the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and imposing a moratorium on oil leasing activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Over the past decades living in the Northern Rockies region, I have witnessed unprecedented changes happening in the American West. More people are moving to once remote areas, and visitorship