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Yellow light for a 'green' energy source
March 2, 2006 by Mark Clayton, Staff writer in The Christian Science Monitor
March 2, 2006 by Mark Clayton, Staff writer in The Christian Science Monitor
Soaring on the wings of new wind-turbine technology, tax breaks, and rising fossil fuel costs, the US wind-power growth picture looks great - except to Edward Arnett, a wildlife biologist who sees a dead bat in it - many thousands of dead bats, actually.
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The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service thought it would be a breeze to get interested parties together earlier this month to work out some kinks in its guidelines on how to build wind turbines with minimal harm to bats and birds.
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Impact on Birds|
USA]
The Kaheawa Wind Power wind farm on Maui will perform $3.8 million in work to benefit birds and bats to make up for any damage the species suffer from the rotating blades of 20 wind turbines.
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Hawaii]
Environmental impact of wind farm concerns commissioners
January 25, 2006 by Liz Beavers, Staff Writer in Times-News
January 25, 2006 by Liz Beavers, Staff Writer in Times-News
The speakers were met with a bit of skepticism, however, as Commissioner Wayne Spiggle questioned them about their proposed relationship with existing industries and the possible environmental impact on winged creatures.
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Impact on Birds|
West Virginia]
Developer donates 203 acres on Mt. Equinox
January 11, 2006 by Andrew McKeever in The Rutland Herald (VT)
January 11, 2006 by Andrew McKeever in The Rutland Herald (VT)
The tract, given away by Rocking Stone Farm LLC, includes part of the ridgeline between Mount Equinox and Little Equinox, where a proposal for five 390-foot wind turbines is being debated locally.
Study looks to let windmills and wildlife co-exist
December 27, 2005 by Darwin Danielson in Radio Iowa
December 27, 2005 by Darwin Danielson in Radio Iowa
Doug Harr of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says they're trying to develop a map showing areas of concern relating to wildlife that could be used when siting proposed wind turbines.
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Iowa]
Windmills shred bat population- Energy companies find clean not always green; environmentalists angry
December 14, 2005 by Larry Lipman - Cox Washington Bureau in ajc.com
December 14, 2005 by Larry Lipman - Cox Washington Bureau in ajc.com
Thomas, W.Va. --- Towering up to 228 feet above the Appalachian Mountain ridge, windmills are lined up like marching aliens from "War of the Worlds."
Up close, they emit a high-pitched electrical hum. From a distance of a few hundred yards, their 115-foot blades make a steady whooshing sound as their tips cut through the air at up to 140 mph.
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