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Bird Policy Prepares for Another Migration With New Administration

The Trump administration's final rule interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to not prohibit the incidental take (accidental injury or death) of migratory birds recently hatched. But with the…


Baker Botts Launches Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Practice Group

The decision to formalize the firm's offering follows the establishment of the firm’s Global Hydrogen Practice Group back in June WASHINGTON, D.C. and LONDON, October 13 2020 - Baker Botts…


Power Companies Advance Voluntary Avian Protection Without Threat of Liability for Incidental Take
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With shifts in political winds come shifts in agency legal interpretations. In January 2017, the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a formal legal opinion interpreting…