Land-based wind turbines kill golden eagles, so every turbine requires an Eagle Protection Act permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to kill them.
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FWS is violating its own eagle-kill regulations
If FWS wants to use an offset program for wind turbines killing eagles, it must first do the research to establish the effectiveness of the offset measures. The present program…
CFACT report: Feds fail to “offset” wind turbine eagle kills
At a minimum, FWS should issue no new wind power eagle-kill permits until the glaring issues uncovered in this study are resolved. Accurate electrocution death rates must be determined. Given…
Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles
It looks like FWS has never implemented, or even publicly evaluated, any of DOE’s research products. The permits are issued under the Eagle Protection Act, which clearly calls for mitigating…
Wind power’s eagle-kill permits are a deadly failure, so permitting must stop
About 15 years ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that the Golden Eagle population could not withstand an increase in human caused mortality. But there was a…
The Feds are Hiding the Eagle Death Data
Every year each site also submits an annual kill report to FWS. None of this data is publicly available.
Sidelined because she rejects radical green agendas?
Fish & Wildlife Service director nominee joins hundreds of others in confirmation limbo Paul Driessen Aurelia Skipwith has a BS in biology from Howard University, a Master’s in molecular genetics…
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