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Protected Birds Illegally Poisoned

A new report has highlighted the number of illegal poisoning and persecution incidents of birds of prey in Northern Ireland. The report, by the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime Northern Ireland (PAWNI), found that there were 30 illegal poisoning or persecution incidents, affecting 33 protected birds of prey. The most frequent casualty was the […]

Friday November 20th, 2015 in , American Bird Conservancy, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, bald eagles, bird deaths, bird killing, bird mortality, Birds, Endangered Species Act, falcons, killing birds, Owls | Comments Off

From Doom To Boom: Illinois Peregrine Falcons No Longer Threatened

Talons clenched, eyes locked on prey, a peregrine falcon looks almost peaceful as it leans forward, relaxes and drops into a 200-mph dive for dinner. It is the fastest known animal on earth. And it has no predator. Yet there was a time when the raptors’ screeches went silent along the riverside cliffs of Illinois. […]

Tuesday July 14th, 2015 in , Chicago Peregrine Program, Endangered, falcons, federally protected, good news, Illinois, peregrine falcons, threatened | Comments Off

Birds Die as Wind Turbine Replacement Lags

A battle that pits union jobs against the lives of thousands of birds is playing out in the scenic hills of the Altamont Pass, where a wind power company operates hundreds of turbines that environmentalists say are outdated and kill protected species. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors must decide Tuesday whether to give Altamont Winds Inc. […]

Monday March 23rd, 2015 in , Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Altamont Pass, bird deaths, EDF Renewable Energy, falcons, golden eagles, green energy issues, Hawks, meadowlarks, Owls, robins, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines | Comments Off

Renewable Energy Death Toll Impugns Green Claims

Renewable energy sources are killers, not so much green as red. Until recently, renewable energy sources—wind, solar, hydro, etc.—have gotten a pass on the environmental harms they cause. However, as the death toll mounts, the public has begun objecting to the deadly impacts of “green” energy sources. Hydroelectric dams, once the darlings of the green […]

Wednesday September 24th, 2014 in , bald eagles, barometric pressure, bird killing, bird mortality, condors, Eagles, Endangered, falcons, golden eagles, green energy issues, hydro, Hydroelectric dams, Indiana bats, Migratory Birds, Obama administration, renewable energy sources, river ecosystems, solar, wind, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines | Comments Off

Wind Farm Turbines Take Toll on Birds of Prey

EAGLES, falcons and other raptors make up to a third of the estimated 1500 birds killed each year at Australia’s biggest wind farm. The finding of an independent report for Macarthur Wind Farm operator AGL follows 12 monthly searches of 48 turbines at the 140-turbine operation in Victoria that found 576 bird carcasses. After adjusting […]

Monday September 22nd, 2014 in , Australia, Australian Ecological Research Services, bat mortality, bird carcasses, bird fatalities, bird mortality, black falcon, black-shouldered kites, brown falcons, Eagles, falcons, Macarthur Wind Farm, nankeen kestrels, Raptors, spotted harriers, threatened species, turbine collision, wedge-tailed eagle, wedge-tailed eagles | Comments Off

The accepted killing and maiming of animals in the name of Green energy

Liberals love solar and wind energy as long as the solar panels, which need considerable acreage to install and plenty of sun year around, are installed on someone else’s property. But no progressive would agree to have the ugly, unsightly, and noisy wind mills installed in their own back yards because they would be destroying […]

Monday June 9th, 2014 in , Altamont Pass, American Bird Conservancy, bald eagles, bird killing, cranes, egrets, falcons, geese, golden eagles, Hawks, Human Rights Conference, Owls, Save the Eagles International, Solar Energy Research Institute of Colorado, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines, World Council for Nature | Comments Off

US Windfarms Kill 10-20 Times More Than Previously Thought

The Obama administration is issuing 30-year permits for “taking” (killing) bald and golden eagles. The great birds will be legally slaughtered “unintentionally” by lethal wind turbines installed in their breeding territories, and in “dispersion areas” where their young congregate (e.g. Altamont Pass). By chance (if you believe in coincidences), a timely government study claims wind […]

Wednesday May 21st, 2014 in , Altamont Pass, bald eagles, Bats, bird mortality, condors, Eagles, falcons, geese, golden eagles, Hawks, Owls, Save the Eagles International (STEI), Spanish Ornithological Society, Take permits, turkey vulture, USFWS guidelines, whooping cranes | Comments Off

Wind Energy Gets Away With Murder

So the Interior Department can be forgiven for never fining or prosecuting a wind-energy company that repeatedly kills eagles. And we taxpayers can be forgiven for subsidizing them to the tune of a billion dollars a year. According to an estimate published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin in March almost 600,000 birds are killed by […]

Sunday September 22nd, 2013 in , Altamont Pass, Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Acts, Bats, bird mortality, clean energy, Eagles, falcons, green energy issues, Hawks, Interior Department, Journal of Raptor Research, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Wind Farms | Comments Off

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