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Final wind-turbine rule permits thousands of eagle deaths
SFGate.com ^ | 12//14/16 | Matthew Daly - AP

Posted on 12/14/2016 11:51:46 AM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that lets wind-energy companies operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years — even if means killing or injuring thousands of federally protected bald and golden eagles.

Under the new rule, wind companies and other power providers will not face a penalty if they kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles, nearly four times the current limit. Deaths of the more rare golden eagles would be allowed without penalty so long as companies minimize losses by taking steps such as retrofitting power poles to reduce the risk of electrocution.

The new rule will conserve eagles while also spurring development of a pollution-free energy source intended to ease global warming, a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's energy plan, said Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe.

"No animal says America like the bald eagle," Ashe said in a statement. He said the Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to balance energy development with eagle conservation.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: agw; baldeagle; baldeagles; deaths; eagle; eagles; fish; globalwarming; goldeneagle; goldeneagles; permits; wildlife; windturbine
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To: Logical me

“Trump must kill the wind turbine industry. And order all turbines be removed no exception and the turbine industry must pay for removal.”

Order the army corps of engineers to do a survey to ensure birds will not be killed. Make it retroactive. When the left complains, offer them a moral equivalent.


41 posted on 12/14/2016 12:44:22 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Too. Much. Winning.)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Actually I’d like to see them torn down and thrown away.


42 posted on 12/14/2016 12:44:41 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: vette6387

“Plus they are a visual blight on the landscape...”

Whose landscape are wind turbines blighting?


43 posted on 12/14/2016 12:45:57 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: DoughtyOne
You know, they could put up very wide gauge mesh wire to keep the eagles and other birds out.


Like this?

44 posted on 12/14/2016 12:46:25 PM PST by itsahoot (Three words I don't want to hear, Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wait until the first documented whooping crane gets chopped.

Heads will be exploding.


45 posted on 12/14/2016 12:48:47 PM PST by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: Red Badger
Just one company example...........


There might be others.

46 posted on 12/14/2016 12:51:29 PM PST by itsahoot (Three words I don't want to hear, Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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To: NormsRevenge

And as a side benefit, since millions more bats will die sliced and diced, the flying insect population will blossom as never before! Love your Deet.


47 posted on 12/14/2016 12:52:19 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Timpanagos1

Who told you 12 percent is produced by wind power. That is pure BS.


48 posted on 12/14/2016 12:52:23 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Timpanagos1

Who told you 12 percent is produced by wind power. That is pure BS.


49 posted on 12/14/2016 12:52:31 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Timpanagos1
I remember back in the early 1970's during the gas shortages when the Federal gov't mandated the 55 mph speed limit. Some federal bureaucrat noticed that TX had placed their new speed limit signs too low, and demanded the state raise them by 6" to conform to Federal standards or TX would lose its share of the federal highway funds. I also remember someone in Texas saying: We'll do it ourselves, 'cuz knowing you feds, you'd come in and lower the road by 6".
50 posted on 12/14/2016 12:52:58 PM PST by econjack
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To: I want the USA back; newgeezer
Crap article in the local rag about how few birds there were, and how awful it was. Not a word about bammy allowing the damned wind turbines to slice birds to shreds.

Wind turbines do not slice birds to shreds, they smash them.

51 posted on 12/14/2016 12:54:17 PM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: itsahoot

Essentially.

The screen moves with the blades.


52 posted on 12/14/2016 12:55:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Logical me

“Who told you 12 percent is produced by wind power. That is pure BS.”

“For the 12 month period ending July 2016, wind energy provided 12.14% of all in-state electricity production.
• Equivalent number of homes powered by wind: 4.1 million”

http://awea.files.cms-plus.com/FileDownloads/pdfs/Texas.pdf


53 posted on 12/14/2016 12:57:43 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: DoughtyOne
The screen moves with the blades.

Unfortunately as big as those thing are I doubt they could modify the structures to support the added weight. There are alternatives like I posted above, but the vertical stuff is not as efficient. I lived in Palm Springs for many years those things are a blight on the earth. Note they are not turning.



54 posted on 12/14/2016 12:59:57 PM PST by itsahoot (Three words I don't want to hear, Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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To: itsahoot

I had always thought they look pretty sharp out there, something like one of those exotic art projects.

Then I started hearing about problems with them, which really floored me. Didn’t anyone run any studies before these things were rolled out?

The bird problem was something that took me by surprise too.


55 posted on 12/14/2016 1:05:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: DoughtyOne

Took the birds by surprise too.


56 posted on 12/14/2016 1:14:15 PM PST by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: itsahoot; DungeonMaster
Note they are not turning.

LOL!

57 posted on 12/14/2016 1:21:54 PM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: DoughtyOne

The main problem is wind turbines are not economically viable.


58 posted on 12/14/2016 1:22:25 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Dude Abides.....

59 posted on 12/14/2016 1:24:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: hadaclueonce

Yes, the evidence is in... or down there.


60 posted on 12/14/2016 1:25:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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