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Bird survey aids windfarm choice - A major survey of UK seabirds is being used to help the government decide where to locate future wind farms.
July 30, 2006 in BBC News
July 30, 2006 in BBC News
Research by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) shows the distribution of birds in areas picked for further offshore wind farm development.
A WOOLGROWER fears he will be left with stressed sheep, bankruptcy and damaged birdlife if one of Victoria's biggest wind farms is built.
The Federal Environment Minister, Ian Campbell, has dismissed claims he ignored advice from senior members of his department when he vetoed a windfarm project in Victoria's Gippsland region.
Bird Group Watches For Dangerous Wind Projects
July 25, 2006 by Carol Cizauskas in Oregon Public Broadcasting
July 25, 2006 by Carol Cizauskas in Oregon Public Broadcasting
Currently, only one project is strongly opposed by Blue Mountain because of concerns for birds. It's called Windy Point, in Klickitat County in south-central Washington.
Wing Barrier Potential bird hazards could kill wind project
July 24, 2006 by Becky W. Evans in Standard Times
July 24, 2006 by Becky W. Evans in Standard Times
Boston construction giant Jay Cashman wants to build a massive wind farm in pristine Buzzards Bay, but says there is one potential obstacle.
"The one thing I am concerned about is birds," Mr. Cashman told a group in Fairhaven when he unveiled his $750 million renewable energy project earlier this month.
BUZZARDS BAY — Researchers at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are studying how the school's new 241-foot wind turbine is affecting the flight patterns of birds that fly around the windy campus.
A submission to list the orange-bellied parrot as critically endangered, could put an end to wind farms in Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria.
Public Service Board denies permit for East Haven wind farm
July 17, 2006 by Wilson Ring, Associated Press Writer in Boston Globe
July 17, 2006 by Wilson Ring, Associated Press Writer in Boston Globe
MONTPELIER, Vt. --A company's bid to build a wind farm atop a remote Northeast Kingdom mountain was rejected by the Public Service Board on Monday because of concerns about how the turbines would affect birds and bats.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said it will "vigorously maintain its opposition" to energy schemes that threaten rare or high numbers of wild birds.
Wildlife issues B.G. campus in Huron gets $1M to study wind power
July 11, 2006 by Tom Henry, Staff Writer in Toledo Blade
July 11, 2006 by Tom Henry, Staff Writer in Toledo Blade
HURON, Ohio - Lake Erie could become the "Saudi Arabia of wind" power, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) said yesterday.
But no more wind turbines should be built along the lake shoreline until all potential impacts on wildlife have been studied in depth, Miss Kaptur added. The same goes for entertaining any proposals to install them in the open waters of the Great Lakes, she added
Windmills have also caused an influx of rats in and around her home, she said, because the turbines are killing the birds and hawks that feast on them.
"I have trapped over 100 rats in and around my house in the last year and a half," Manley said. "We celebrate when we see a hawk. We used to see them all the time."
Ongoing research in Norway adds weight to the idea that turbines and large birds don't mix.
Bird monitoring advanced in vote -Spending on Altamont Study Capped
July 8, 2006 by Chris Metinko in Contra Costa Times
July 8, 2006 by Chris Metinko in Contra Costa Times
Instead of approving a proposed three-year research program that would track bird deaths and injuries, supervisors Tuesday unanimously agreed to let a newly appointed five-member scientific review committee decide on the parameters of such a program. The supervisors also agreed to cap spending on the program -- which will be funded by Altamont turbine operators -- at $2 million.
ONE OF Britain’s most senior judges has spoken of his opposition to the construction of a wind farm in rural Perthshire, insisting rare and vulnerable birds such as ospreys would be put at risk.
Eminent law lord and life peer Lord Hope of Craighead outlined his concerns as he addressed a public inquiry into the proposed Drumderg wind farm.
Wind farm turbine blades are killing a key population of Europe's largest bird of prey, UK wildlife campaigners warn.
TURBINE blades on a wind farm are killing a key population of Europe's largest eagle, wildlife campaigners warned today.
A joint hearings panel made up of Waitomo District Council and Environment Waikato councillors will this week consider the $225 million plan against a Waitomo District Council officers' report and a Conservation Department submission recommending it is turned down because turbine blades could kill birds - including nationally endangered indigenous species.
The birds, which live almost exclusively in the remotest areas of the Highlands and Islands, have also had an impact on a proposal to build a wind farm on the Eishken Estate on Lewis.
Preliminary research shows wind turbines kill thousands of bats and birds in the Appalachian Mountains, which are a major migratory flyway, scientists say.....Dan Boone, a Maryland-based botanist and wildlife scientist, said laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act aren't enough to protect against bird and bat kills, deforestation and other damage done by wind turbines.
Councillors in the Western Isles have endorsed revised plans for a wind farm on the Eishken Estate on Lewis.
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