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Wind farms accused of concealing deaths of protected species
According to reports, bird toll census numbers are being rigged by burying or otherwise concealing mutilated bird carcasses rather than reporting them.
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Energy in America: Dead Birds Unintended Consequence of Wind Power Development
Wind power is the fastest growing component in the state's green energy portfolio, but wildlife advocates say the marriage has an unintended consequence: dead birds, including protected species of eagles, hawks and owls.
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EDITORIAL: GOLDEN EAGLES FALL PREY TO WIND INDUSTRY
The controversy surrounding wind farms in America has been brewing for over 25 years. The debate centers around the use of the deadly propeller style wind turbines and the large death toll to what are supposedly protected species. One of these species, the federally protected golden eagle, has been at the forefront of this debate from the beginning.
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Birders seek moratorium on lakeshore turbines
The Black Swamp Bird Observatory is seeking a three-year moratorium on additional wind turbines within three miles of the Lake Erie Shores in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties until research, including radar studies, on how the turbines affect the lives of nocturnal migrants can be completed.
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Visualize the Importance !!
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Bird Kills
On August 13, ExxonMobil pled guilty in federal court to charges that it killed 85 birds - all of which were protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Read more... |
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Bats: Bird Kills
Curious and intelligent animals, they search out the turbines, possibly for food, possibly for nesting stations, we really don't know. Proponents of wind industrialization understand the significance of the bats disappearing from earth. They are always struggling to do studies, often enlisting Universities for that service, in order to abate these startling deaths. Read more... |
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Windmills and Birds
The number of birds killed by wind turbines is highly variable. And biologists believe Altamont, which uses older turbine technology, may be the worst example. But that said, the carnage there likely represents only a fraction of the number of birds killed by windmills. Read more... |
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Vultures and Eagles
COULD wind farms hasten the local extinction of an endangered vulture in southern Spain?
Studies have so far focused on the short-term effects of wind turbines, looking at the number of bird collisions per turbine per year.
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Migration, Migration
"This is truly an international problem, one that so many developers and local/state/provincial governments pooh-pooh as a NIMBY issue in order to slide the deals through. This problem runs from the arctic to the tip of South America - and that is one helluva big backyard!" Read more... |
