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Minister Ian Campbell last night seized on the gory death of an endangered wedge-tailed eagle after it collided with a turbine, vowing to push ahead with plans to strengthen his powers to veto wind farms.
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he company behind plans for a massive wind farm on Lewis is further reducing its size following concerns over the threat to birds.
The path of a threatened bird will be mapped as opposition to a big wind farm near Macarthur in south-west Victoria continues.
Environmental concerns - Bird, bat deaths raise questions in wind farm plan
April 24, 2006 by Christian Giggenbach in The Register-Herald
April 24, 2006 by Christian Giggenbach in The Register-Herald
LEWISBURG — One environmental concern over the proposed 124-turbine wind farm slated for northern Greenbrier County is the number of birds and bats killed each year by the blades of the nearly 400-foot-tall structures, but whether bats can put a halt to the $300 million project remains to be seen.
A TASMANIAN wind farm is operating with a licence to kill up to six endangered orange-bellied parrots every two years — the same birds that the Federal Government last week declared must be saved at all costs.
TWO days into the 2004 federal election campaign, Ian Campbell was on the telephone with a message for voters in the marginal Victorian seat of McMillan.
It's blowing a Gippsland gale. The half-dozen wind turbines that flick long fingers above the seaward horizon near Dalyston are cartwheeling with a will, slipping in and out of view between the rain squalls that blow like sheets of hard, grey mist across the tawny paddocks.
Wind farm report warns of risk to Orange-bellied Parrot
April 5, 2006 by Media Release Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage in Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell
April 5, 2006 by Media Release Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage in Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell
A new report into the collective impact of wind farms on some of Australia’s threatened and migratory bird species warns of threats posed by coastal wind farms to the long-term survival of the threatened Orange-bellied Parrot, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said today.
The Bracks Government has attacked as "blatantly political", a Federal Government decision to block a controversial 52-turbine wind farm plan on Victoria's south-east coast.
The federal government has blocked a wind farm proposal on Victoria's south-east coast after a report found the project would threaten an already endangered parrot species.
Alameda County Flubs First Step in Reducing Bird Kills by Obsolete Wind Turbines
April 3, 2006 by Center for Biological Diversity in Press Release
April 3, 2006 by Center for Biological Diversity in Press Release
Oakland, Calif. – The Alameda County Planning Department is recommending that long-time wind industry paid consultant and advocate WEST, Inc. serve as the so-called “neutral” scientific monitor for avian deaths caused by the Altamont Pass wind turbines, despite a clear and continuing financial conflict of interest.
Berkeley Plans to Accept ‘Free’ Wind Turbine for Marina
March 31, 2006 by Judith Scherr in Berkeley Daily Planet
March 31, 2006 by Judith Scherr in Berkeley Daily Planet
Olds was afraid that by installing the electricity-generating equipment as a demonstration project at the Marina, the city would be promoting wind turbines, which would send the wrong message to the public.
So Olds added a stipulation to which the council agreed: before accepting the Southwest Wind Power turbine, the Golden Gate Audubon Society would have to give its O.K. to the project. It did so on Wednesday, with a caveat—GGAS asked the city to monitor the turbine and to remove it if it killed birds.
Audubon review supports wind farm - Threat to birds is less than feared, group finds
March 29, 2006 by Beth Daley in The Boston Globe
March 29, 2006 by Beth Daley in The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Audubon Society gave its preliminary blessing yesterday to a large-scale wind power project off Cape Cod, saying its studies show that turbine blades are not likely to cause significant harm to birds, as the group had once feared.......But the group said its final decision will hinge on additional research of several bird species.
Committee seeks study of wind turbines' effects on birds
March 24, 2006 by Kurt Erickson in Pantagraph.com
March 24, 2006 by Kurt Erickson in Pantagraph.com
SPRINGFIELD - Here's some legislation that's for the birds. Literally.
P.E.I. birdwatchers are celebrating a victory. The provincial government has agreed to move several wind turbines away from East Point.
Wind Turbines Kill Raptors, Lead to Rat Infestations
March 23, 2006 in National Center for Policy Analysis
March 23, 2006 in National Center for Policy Analysis
Predictions by bat experts that expanded industrial wind farms in West Virginia will increase numbers of disease-carrying mosquitoes and crop-destroying grasshoppers, locusts, and moths are not the only expected ecological consequences of expanded wind farms. Giant wind turbines take an even greater toll on birds, including many endangered species and birds of prey instrumental in controlling rodent populations, says the Heartland Institute.
Oil rigs' impact on birds debated - New study says exploration in eastern Gulf could hurt migrating flocks
March 12, 2006 by Ben Raines in Mobile Register
March 12, 2006 by Ben Raines in Mobile Register
A 2005 federal study that has so far received little attention warns that
oil and gas exploration in the untapped eastern Gulf of Mexico may have a
significant negative impact on migratory bird populations.
Editor's Note:While this article does not address wind turbines, it raises significant issues related to the potential adverse impact of off-shore windplants on migratory bird populations.
"Wind power is unfortunately not the holy grail of electricity supply for the future. Despite this energy source, wind, being free, the very high capital investment required and the high maintenance costs result in high generating costs."
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Windmill project could kill birds and bats, report says -While not opposing the plans, Va. game officials say effects need study
March 4, 2006 by Rex Springston in Times-Dispatch
March 4, 2006 by Rex Springston in Times-Dispatch
Nineteen big windmills are proposed for Highland County ridges. A new state report says:
• The windmills could kill large numbers of birds and bats.
• They could drive away some tourists.
• More study is needed, including collecting animal carcasses if the windmills go up.
MONTEREY — A study conducted at Highland New Wind Development’s site on Allegheny Mountain last fall found a higher rate of nocturnal migration on Red Oak Knob and Tamarack than at sites where other such studies have been conducted.