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Policy on windmills ignores eagles' safety
When bald eagles confront danger, most normal Americans would leap to protect America's national symbol. But Team Obama wants to give wind-power companies long-term permits to butcher bald eagles on the altar of green energy.
May 25, 2012
by Deroy Murdock
in Evansville Courier & Press
When bald eagles confront danger, most normal Americans would leap to protect America's national symbol. But Team Obama wants to give wind-power companies long-term permits to butcher bald eagles on the altar of green energy.
The dirty secret about "clean" wind power is that its turbines are giant, whirling machetes. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "With more than 100,000 turbines expected to be in operation in the United States by 2030, annual bird mortality rates alone (now estimated by the Service at 440,000 per year) are expected to exceed 1 million."
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