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New legislation hidden in the government’s Budget Bill 55 will allow the Minister to grant exemptions from existing provincial legislation protecting endangered species which prohibits anyone from harming, killing, or destroying the habitat of a threatened species.
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Proposed Lake Ontario wind farm said to threaten wildlife
April 16, 2012 by Jennifer Kalish in EarthTechling
April 16, 2012 by Jennifer Kalish in EarthTechling
Members of Nature Canada worry that birds and bats will collide with turbine blades. They are also concerned that the development will fragment the unique wildlife habitat, threatening many endangered species such as the Whip-poor-will, Henslow's sparrow and the Rusty blackbird.
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Men scammed investors with fake Butte County wind farm
April 12, 2012 by Associated Press in Rapid City Journal
April 12, 2012 by Associated Press in Rapid City Journal
Reed and Scott paid phone solicitors to make cold calls to investors, telling them that the wind farms were being constructed jointly by private investors and the U.S. government. Potential stakeholders were told that "government funds had been set aside by the President of the United States ...these alleged wind farm projects."
Whistleblower alleges gag order kept state park employees from revealing harm to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park from proposed Ocotillo Express Wind Project
March 27, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
March 27, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
"To have the Governor's office tell our park officials NOT to comment on Ocotillo, OR ANY OTHER alternative energy projects adjacent to the Park, is a travesty, a violation of the trust between the citizens and the state." - Mark Jorgensen, retired Superintendent, Anza Borrego Desert State Park in an e-mail to ECM.
New voluntary wind guidelines will fail to protect birds, says leading bird conservation group
March 25, 2012 in American Bird Conservancy
March 25, 2012 in American Bird Conservancy
"The United States has had voluntary guidelines since 2003, and yet preventable bird deaths at wind farms keep occurring. This includes thousands of Golden Eagles thought to have died at Altamont Pass in California, and just recently, more than 500 songbirds reportedly killed on two nights last fall in West Virginia," said Fuller.
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Across the nation, about 450,000 birds are killed every year at wind farms. According to Dave Bittner, executive director for the Wildlife Research Institute in Ramona, golden eagles are another bird species vulnerable to the windmills.
"They're big soaring birds and they like to hunt under the towers," he said.
The American Bird Conservancy, an advocacy group that has pushed for mandatory standards, said voluntary guidelines are largely unenforceable and will do little to protect millions of birds killed or injured by wind turbines.
The group "supports wind power when it is ‘bird-smart.' Unfortunately, voluntary guidelines will result in more lawsuits, more bird deaths and more government subsidies for bad projects," said Kelly Fuller, the group's wind campaign coordinator.
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Federal regulators deny move against Wyoming wind farm
March 20, 2012 by Jeremy Fugleberg in Casper Star-Tribune
March 20, 2012 by Jeremy Fugleberg in Casper Star-Tribune
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday denied a petition by the Northern Laramie Range Alliance that would have effectively killed a pair of adjacent wind farms on ridges in the Mormon Canyon area, proposed by Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah.
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Occupy occupy D.C. wind turbine memorializes dead birds, despoiled land
March 12, 2012 in National Center Public Policy Research
March 12, 2012 in National Center Public Policy Research
"At some point the slaughter of birds and bats by taxpayer-subsidized wind turbines is going to trigger serious legal action," added National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. "If the full force of the Migratory Bird Treaty and the Endangered Species Act were brought to bear on these unsightly killing machines, investors would turn their backs on this artificial industry in a heartbeat."
Wind energy set to grow six-fold in California, but concerns also rise
March 10, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
March 10, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
“Our community and surrounding area will be devastated if Invenergy is allowed to build their 125 new turbines on Campo tribal land, and Iberdrola Renewables is allowed to build their Tule Wind project in McCain Valley with 134 turbines, and Enel Green Power is allowed to build their 80 or so turbines in Jewel Valley and McCain Valley,” Bonfiglio wrote.
The N.C. Utilities Commission said Thursday that it had no legal authority to reject the Pantego Wind Energy Facility, which would spread over 11,000 acres in Beaufort County. But the state commission said the wind farm can't move ahead until it receives state and federal environmental permits and meets other strict conditions.
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BLM defers huge China Mountain wind project for two years
March 8, 2012 by Rocky Barker in Idaho Statesman
March 8, 2012 by Rocky Barker in Idaho Statesman
The Bureau of Land Management will defer for two years a final decision on a huge wind farm on the Nevada border while it considers how to keep sage grouse from listing under the Endangered Species Act.
BLM suspended its environmental study of the proposed China Mountain Wind Energy project.
Campaign tries to win support for western Palm Beach County wind farm
February 24, 2012 by Andy Reid in Sun Sentinel
February 24, 2012 by Andy Reid in Sun Sentinel
The main objection facing Sugarland Wind is the bird deaths expected from putting towering, fast-spinning blades between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, two prime destinations for migrating birds, wading birds and birds of prey.
Sugarland backers have said they expect about three to four bird deaths per tower per year.
"I don't think that the American people are ready to watch Minnesota's nesting bald eagles be destroyed on behalf of a Texas millionaire."
The commission's decision highlights an emerging conflict between a demand for clean energy and growing evidence wind farms can kill hundreds of thousands of birds and bats a year.
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Minnesota]
Bald eagles win a round against Red Wing wind farm
February 24, 2012 by Josephine Marcotty in Star Tribune
February 24, 2012 by Josephine Marcotty in Star Tribune
Bald eagles won an unexpected victory Thursday when Minnesota regulators delayed a wind farm near Red Wing for at least a year because the developer failed to produce an adequate plan to protect America's national symbol and other flying creatures.
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Controversial Goodhue wind farm environmental impact plan rejected
February 24, 2012 by Stephanie Hemphill in Minnesota Public Radio
February 24, 2012 by Stephanie Hemphill in Minnesota Public Radio
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission rejected a developer's plan to protect eagles and other wildlife that might be harmed by a controversial wind farm project in the southeastern region of the state. ...Neighbors who oppose the project packed the hearing room and took turns to speak about flaws they see in the project.
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State to decide whether wind farm plan minimizes threat to animals
February 23, 2012 by Stephanie Hemphill in Minnesota Public Radio
February 23, 2012 by Stephanie Hemphill in Minnesota Public Radio
The company says it will apply for an eagle take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The permit would allow the turbines to kill a certain number of eagles before the company would face penalties.
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Wyoming wind farm construction lags behind permitting
February 19, 2012 by Jeremy Fugleberg in Casper Star-Tribune
February 19, 2012 by Jeremy Fugleberg in Casper Star-Tribune
No developer with state turbine permits in hand has abandoned a project, Parfitt said. But a number of wind farms are on hold, have yet to complete additional construction phases or are still dealing with a range of issues.
Golden eagle deaths prompt monitoring, worry, at Pine Tree
February 18, 2012 by Molly Peterson in KPCC
February 18, 2012 by Molly Peterson in KPCC
Audubon and other bird advocates say the DWP should have done more extensive monitoring before building the 90 or so turbines at Pine Tree.
Killing a golden eagle is a federal crime.
Wind project on Lake Ontario shore threatens endangered birds: Nature Canada
February 17, 2012 in The Canadian Press
February 17, 2012 in The Canadian Press
The location of the project at Ostrander Point, on land owned by the province, is "one of the most significant sites for migrating birds in eastern Ontario," the national conservation group says. Every year tens of thousands of birds stop there.
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