[VTenigma]

$8 million bucks is eagle feed. Where’s the prison time?

[jackibutterfly]

"A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution..."

I've always wondered when people are fined like this, to whom are the fines and restitution paid?? Who gets to have the money, and why?

[LittleBillyInfidel]

How much $$$$ did they take in federal subsidies to build the damn things?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Not to mention tons and tons of other birds.

[heartwood]

How were they supposed not to kill eagles? There’s some technology that wafts an eagle gently over the blade but whacks vultures and geese?

I think saw an eagle dead on the road today. Route 1, Maryland, north of the Susquehanna hydroelectric, northbound side, if the feds want to investigate.

[Jyotishi]

Where is PETA?

[madison10]

Trump said this was going on. Try telling this to the wind loving enviro-whackos, though. They claim only a few birds die. 🙄

[piasa]

And that is just the birds found and reported, not the shovel and shut up casualties, or ones that were able to make it off site before succumbing to injuries or being unable to catch food or eat due to injuries to talons or beaks.

[coloradan]

When a normal person hears “restitution”, they probably think it means a payment to the aggrieved. But here the aggrieved are eagles. So, it’s probably going to some Democrat “get out the vote” fund or organization, or some such. You know, for social justice.

[RetiredTexasVet]

They could put sensors on the towers that detect the eagles (AI to determine eagles and not grackles or loons), and halt the turbines until the eagles fly safely through the area.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And then what? Do they have t shut down the wind farms? Or do they just get to keep on killing eagles?

[Dogbert41]

[353FMG]

Will the payment of a fine assure that the windmills have become less hazardous to eagles?

[linMcHlp]

Eagles are directly protected under two Federal laws: the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

These laws generally prohibit the possession, use, and sale of eagle feathers and parts as well as a number of other activities.

Example:

“No person - including Native Americans — may kill or capture eagles without a permit from the [Fish and Wildlife] Service.”

[JustaTech]

It’s been shown they could avoid most bird strikes by painting one blade black. The contrast makes it easier for the birds to see and avoid.

But it’s probably cheaper to pay the pittance fine.

[slouper]

I hate windmills.

[SMARTY]

Where are the enviro jerks NOW??

[moovova]

Seriously, wouldn't a Stihl chop-saw take these things down? TIMBER!

[Neverlift]

Bats get killed also. My friends grandson has a job counting dead bats at wind farms.