[MBTA] Breaking: Why we’re suing the Trump administration

…And how you can help [National Audubon Society]( [Breaking: We’re suing the Trump administration over the MBTA—and we need your help]( [Donate]( We’re going to court to defend our best bird law. Help now with your gift. [Bald Eagle.]( Bald Eagle. We'll see them in court: Today we announce a lawsuit against the Trump administration. We’re telling them they can’t give industry a free pass on killing birds. We’re suing them to uphold the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. To defend this crucial law for the birds it shields, we’re taking our fiercest fight to the very highest levels. [We need you with us to do it—and we need you now. Please show your strongest support with your gift right away.]( For a century, the MBTA has served as our most powerful bird conservation measure, prohibiting the capture or killing of nearly all U.S. birds. It’s inspired innovations that have saved birds by the million. It’s rescued avian species that once verged on extinction. And it’s held companies accountable for the bird deaths they cause, like in 2010’s BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. But the administration has put the MBTA in jeopardy, and along with it all the birds the law protects: In December, bucking decades of policy and practice, the administration declared they won’t enforce the law for bird deaths caused by industry unless those deaths are deliberate. This wiped out incentives businesses had to embrace bird-safe practices—and now lets them dodge responsibility when their activities turn deadly. In short, they’d let the oil and gas industries kill birds with impunity. We won’t stand for it. And we know you won’t, either. [Will you help power our strongest resistance now?]( As part of a coalition of national environmental groups, Audubon is mounting our most forceful legal challenge, demanding that the MBTA’s protections be restored. In the long fight ahead, our strength and our stamina come from friends like you. And as we battle to save our country’s most important bird protection law, time is of the essence. [Please help us defend the MBTA. Support this urgent work for birds through your generous gift today.]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Donate Now]( Photo: Daniel Joppich/Audubon Photography Awards [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2018 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Update your email address or unsubscribe](