Lift the veil on wind power killing eagles

[rangerrebew]

Lift the veil on wind power killing eagles

By
David Wojick
|
March 10th, 2025
 
Every land based wind facility in America has a permit to kill a certain number of eagles every year. What these kill numbers add up to is a secret that should be public information. Is it hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands?

Given these numbers we can decide how to limit them. We also need better data on actual kills so it is time to lift the veil on wind power killing eagles.

First the basics. CFACT collegian Maggie Immen puts the issue well in comments on a proposed Wyoming wind facility. She writes this:

“Wind turbines are a documented threat to bird populations, particularly raptors like golden and bald eagles. Estimates suggest that wind farms kill at least 150,000 birds annually in the U.S. alone. Wyoming, a crucial migratory corridor, is especially vulnerable.

https://www.cfact.org/2025/03/10/lift-the-veil-on-wind-power-killing-eagles/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This alone would bankrupt the wind energy as the penalties are

Up to $100,000 first offense, individual
Up to $200,000 first offense, organization
Up to $250,000 second offense, individual
Up to $500,000 second offense, organization
These criminal fines may also include up to a year of jail time for first offenders and up to two years for second offenders.
https://www.forestwildlife.org/what-happens-if-you-kill-a-bald-eagle/

[GtHawk]

ALL raptors are federally protected not just the eagles and all carry financial penalties for us common folk, but if you do it in the name of Gaia you are exempt no matter the mayhem rained upon all avians and pollinators.

[catfish1957]