New administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms

[Smokin Joe]

New administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/04/new-administration-rule-would-permit-thousands-eagle-deaths-at-wind-farms.html

Published May 04, 2016 Associated Press
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The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to 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 plan announced Wednesday, companies could kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles a year without penalty -- nearly four times the current limit. Golden eagles could only be killed if companies take steps to minimize the losses, for instance, by retrofitting power poles to reduce the risk of electrocution.

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said the proposal will "provide a path forward" for maintaining eagle populations while also spurring development of a pollution-free energy source that's intended to ease global warming, a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's energy plan.

Ashe said the 162-page proposal would protect eagles and at the same time "help the country reduce its reliance on fossil fuels" such as coal and oil that contribute to global warming.

"There's a lot of good news in here," Ashe said in an interview, calling the plan...

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New administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/04/new-administration-rule-would-permit-thousands-eagle-deaths-at-wind-farms.html

Published May 04, 2016 Associated Press
Via FOX

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This guy Ash who began his stellar career in rewriting rules to protect ecosystems via the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/2/135.full

He is now perfectly ok with killing off America's wildlife symbols, and in increasing larger numbers.

Hate to say this word here, but he has become a political prostitute and a hack.

[Smokin Joe]

This guy Ash who began his stellar career in rewriting rules to protect ecosystems via the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/2/135.full

He is now perfectly ok with killing off America's wildlife symbols, and in increasing larger numbers.

Hate to say this word here, but he has become a political prostitute and a hack.

It never ceases to amaze me that between the fried birds over the major solar arrays and the bird hash near windmills this happened back in 2011: Oil companies charged in ND migratory bird deaths https://www.yahoo.com/news/oil-companies-charged-nd-migratory-bird-deaths-213924170.html
Some 7000 drilling and production locations were surveyed to find the 28 birds.
A judge later threw it out.

Oil companies no longer use open 'reserve pits' while drilling, but more expensive solids separation equipment, landfills for cuttings, and liquids are all kept in either the rig's mud tanks or 400 bbl uprights.