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By Dina Cappiello
Associated Press
Posted: 05/19/2013 12:01:00 AM CDT
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. -- The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found.
More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Each death is a federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines. No wind energy company has been prosecuted, even those that repeatedly flout the law.
Wind power, a pollution-free energy intended to ease global warming, is a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's energy plan. His administration has championed a $1 billion-a-year tax break to the industry that has nearly doubled the amount of wind power in his first term.
The large death toll at wind farms shows how the renewable-energy rush comes with its own environmental consequences, trade-offs the Obama administration is willing to make in the name of cleaner energy.
"It is the rationale that we have to get off of carbon, we have to get off of fossil fuels, that allows them to justify this," said Tom Dougherty, a longtime environmentalist who worked for nearly 20 years for the National Wildlife Federation in the West, until his retirement in 2008. "But at what cost? In this case, the cost is too high."
well, hmm.. . won't this just bring upgrades to eagles. Evolution you know. The eagles who learn to avoid windfarms. . .don't get killed and the world moves on
well, hmm.. . won't this just bring upgrades to eagles. Evolution you know. The eagles who learn to avoid windfarms. . .don't get killed and the world moves on
Interstates kill Wolves
I thought that eagles were removed from the endangered species list years ago.
What burns my arse besides a three foot high flame, is that feds and the government remained silent about getting America's bridges and roads repaired and replaced after what happened near your city.
I'd opt for saving human lives over a bird any day of the week.
well, hmm.. . won't this just bring upgrades to eagles. Evolution you know. The eagles who learn to avoid windfarms. . .don't get killed and the world moves on
Interstates kill Wolves
Yea, evolution worked out for the dinosaurs and mammoths....
what an upgrade.
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