by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2013 | Agenda 21
Hundreds of thousands of birds are killed every year after they fly into gigantic wind turbine blades. It’s unclear how many of them are eagles, but wildlife groups say that birds of prey on the lookout for food often ignore the blades. Existing permits allow green...
by Jane Richey | Jul 1, 2013 | Agenda 21
Wind farms are Giant Scythes Of Swinging Doom, when it comes to birds. The American Bird Conservancy rather desperately wants to support wind power, which is why they’re begging wind farms to somehow stop the darn things from being on track to kill a million birds a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Forest Service plans to outfit six bald eagles with GPS devices to track their “interactions with wind farms.” The problem: Eagles and many other birds are smacking into wind turbines and dying. “Despite the many benefits which come from...