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Attorney: County not liable for windmill bird strikes
October 31, 2009 by Michael Levine in The Garden Island
October 31, 2009 by Michael Levine in The Garden Island
Proponents of small wind systems got a lift this week when the county attorney said a proposed bill designed to streamline the permitting process would not open the county to legal or financial liability should an applicant's windmill kill an endangered seabird.
The announcement, delivered by Deputy County Attorney Ian Jung, who specializes in planning issues and advises the Kaua‘i Planning Commission. ...While Jung's statement could go a long way to resolving one issue standing in the way of the bill's passage, there are several other factors that have yet to be addressed.
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The dirty little secret about the windmill farm at Altamont Pass is that it slaughters thousands of birds every year while politicians turn a blind eye. Four years ago, environmental groups filed suit after the Alameda County Board of Supervisors effectively allowed the farm's several owners to keep killing birds despite evidence that the deaths could be greatly lessened.
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Report paves way for wildlife-friendly wind power in Monterey County
October 27, 2009 by Sandra M. Chung in The Californian
October 27, 2009 by Sandra M. Chung in The Californian
The thousand of birds killed by the wind turbines at Altamont Pass tainted the reputation of the renewable energy source.
But according to a recent report by the Ventana Wildlife Society and the Stanford Solar and Wind Energy Project, smaller wind-power projects may be able to harvest energy in some parts of Monterey County without harming the endangered California condor.
"The condor is the main thing that's been holding up the development of wind-power projects in Monterey County," said John Roitz.
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Bird experts have welcomed the Scottish Government's decision to refuse permission for a wind farm they said would have posed a risk to golden eagles.
WPR Wind Ltd hoped to build a 14-turbine wind farm near Inveraray in Argyll. However, RSPB Scotland objected to the proposal on the grounds that the site was one of the most productive areas in the country for golden eagles.
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Wind turbine demonstration site raises concern for nesting herons
October 15, 2009 by Rachael Conway in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 15, 2009 by Rachael Conway in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lane Johnson said the great blue herons that perch on and near his property in Bell Acres are like an annoying little brother that you wish would go away, but you also feel obligated to protect. ...he spoke during a public hearing Monday night against the proposed erection of a 60-foot wind turbine that would go up about a half-mile away from the herons' nesting spot -- or rookery -- because it might endanger the birds.
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Wind turbine memorial. Illustration: Rob Biddulph Imagine that at the flick of a switch, you could not only turn a light on or off but select which power source you were going to use. Would an eco warrior choose wind power or coal? Surely this is a no-brainer.
Not necessarily.
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