Wind energy company pleads guilty to butchering 150 eagles

[Hang on Sloopy]

Wind energy company pleads guilty after at least 150 eagles killed in U.S.

Some turbines killed multiple eagles and because the carcasses are not always found, officials said the number killed was likely higher than the 150 birds cited in court documents.

www.nbcnews.com

You people are fucking dangerous

Tick Tock...........Tick Tock.........................Time keeps on slipping.............slipping....slipping in to the future

 

[elektra]

Like all things green, the company will simply go bankrupt to avoid paying.

 

[Blues Man]

Maybe we should force wind mill makers to put a cage around the blades like they do on those oscillating fans so little kids don't get their fingers chopped off.

 

[Crick]

"Butchering"? What did you call it when DDT created such thin eggshells that the mothers' attempts to keep their young warm crushed them? DDT reduced the bald eagle population to 417 mating pairs. What do you call it when logging companies destroy thousands of acres of their habitat? The ingestion of lead bullets has reduced eagle populations in the US northeast by 4-6% *. What would be the impact on the eagles and their habitats of generating that energy now being produced from wind with coal or gas instead?.

* Lead Bullets Are Stunting the Bald Eagle's Recovery.

I agree that the birds strikes by wind turbines need to be reduced aggressively. Research is making progress on the problem. Here are a few solutions.

This simple fix will make wind turbines more bird-friendly

A recent study found that painting one out of four white wind turbine blades black reduces the amount of birds killed by the blades by 72%.

electrek.co

AI-Backed Sensors Help Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Protected Birds

New technology identifies target species, shuts down turbines to avoid deadly collisions

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Bird-Safe Wind Turbines

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Simple measures can make wind turbines more bird friendly

Birds' lives are saved by black rotor blades or towers, UV-light and smart micro-siting of wind turbines.

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The Power Environment: making wind turbines work for birds and bats

The issue of protecting birds and bats from wind turbines has followed wind generation and still now significant delays to wind projects.

www.power-technology.com