http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/37572 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:06:03 GMT PUC chair Beverly Heydinger listed several hurdles. It's not clear whether the project's new ownership changes its status as a community-based energy development ...New Era's contract with Xcel Energy to purchase power is in question, as is its construction timeline. Nor is it clear that it can build the project and abide by restrictions to protect eagles that could be required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37572 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37047 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:19:10 GMT United States Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that between 8 and 14 American bald eagles could be killed annually if New Era Wind Farm is built as currently designed. The outcome of USFWS's eagle mortality models are dramatically higher than one eagle every-other-year as predicted by New Era's consultant Westwood Professional Services. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37047 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35939 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:02:06 GMT Bald Eagle Days has typically drawn a couple hundred people, but Ingram says it's unclear what effect the long hiatus and heightened local interest will have on those numbers. Minnesota produces the fifth-most wind energy in the country, but it's also in the top three for nesting bald eagles in the lower 48 states. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35939 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35145 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:24:40 GMT The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota (FFM) has learned that the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is investigating a report of a dead bald eagle found beneath a wind turbine in southeast Minnesota. The bald eagle was reportedly found over the weekend on a farm near the town of LeRoy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35145 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34263 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:51:47 GMT The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has postponed a hearing on a plan to limit bird and bat deaths at a controversial wind farm proposed for Goodhue County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34263 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34149 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:27:52 GMT A controversial wind farm proposed near Red Wing plans to ask for federal permission to legally kill eagles, making it one of the first in the nation to participate in a new federal strategy aimed at managing the often-lethal conflict between birds and turbine blades. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34149 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33838 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:26:35 GMT To date, there are only five known instances in North America of bald eagles killed by wind turbines, said Rich Davis, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who has been monitoring the project for two years. But the Goodhue project is the first to be constructed in an area widely used by both bald and golden eagles for nesting and migrating, he said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33838 http://www.windaction.org/articles/32566 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:25:46 GMT The conflict between these two opposing environmental goals -- clean energy and protecting wildlife -- is occurring increasingly as wind farms sprout across the nation. There is a growing realization that the massive towers with blades that travel hundreds of miles per hour are killing millions of wandering birds and bats. The concerns are having an effect. http://www.windaction.org/articles/32566 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26196 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:40 GMT Developers of a new power line in western North Dakota are spending $500,000 to make sure whooping cranes don't run into it. Minnesota Power is building the 22-mile line in Morton and Oliver counties. It's supposed to connect a new 75-megawatt wind farm to the Square Butte electric substation near Center. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26196 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22905 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:17:21 GMT Energy advocates are eyeing wind turbines to create electricity along the North Shore. Bird researchers are studying where the migrating birds fly most often. Once they know, they can advise the energy people on areas to avoid. ..."We know we have a globally significant raptor migration route here that [wind turbines] could have a serious impact on if not done correctly,'' Niemi said. "But we also have these hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of passerines [small birds] that come through here at pretty much the same time that most people don't even know about. We have to look out for them, too.'' http://www.windaction.org/articles/22905 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8614 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT This document includes studies in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8614