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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News- Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening as ‘God’s Country’ presses its case
- Commissioners blow commercial wind turbines out of the county
- Wind farm battle turns personal; Opponents claim lack of due diligence by county officials
- Judge grants plaintiff’s motion to move Ocotillo wind lawsuit from federal to state court
- A new hurdle for wind farm? Opponents want higher bar for approval
- Wind farm under threat
- Wind act doesn’t treat all Mainers equally
- 170-foot blade breaks off wind turbine
- Industrial Wind Action: News Watch
- 170-foot blade breaks off wind turbine
- Champaign wind farm decision nears; State board will consider second phase of turbine project.
- Wind farm under threat
- Canadians invited to weigh in on plan to build army of wind turbines off the shores of Juno Beach in France
- New York wildife in danger
- Residents question why wind developer wrote town's appeal
- Marshall County first to ban wind farms
- The EU green hell
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Tag Archives: bird mortality
Harrow Wind Facility 2010 Post-construction Monitoring Report
Download Harrow 2010 Post-Construction Report Large pdf file – 20 MG Response to MNR Comments The High site sensitivity for birds is based on its proximity (1 km) to the HolidayBeach/ Big Creek Important Bird Area, a globally significant migration staging … Continue reading
Green Energy Versus Greenheads
By Jeff Helsdon Ontario Out of Doors, February, 2011 Issue Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) added its voice to the growing outcry against Ontario’s Green Energy Act (GEA). The national conservation organization raised concerns over wind turbines being built without consideration … Continue reading
Death of 10 raptors on Wolfe Island concerns naturalist
Wolfe Island – Bird & Bat Monitoring Report Environment Canada – Comments on Wolfe Island Post-Construction Monitoring Report Further Analysis Here By Mike Norris, The Whig Standard There were fewer birds and bats killed by wind turbines on Wolfe Island in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bats and Birds
Tagged bird mortality, death, Osprey, raptors, Transalta, Wolfe Island
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Environmental hypocrisy
Syncrude fine a windfall for conservation groups - Oilsands giant to pay record $3 million for duck deaths The Wolfe Island wind facility has killed many more birds than 1600 ducks. It is just one of the dozens of projects rubberstamped … Continue reading
Ripley, Ontario Monitoring Report reveals alarming bat mortality
487 Bats estimated killed in only 16 weeks Fall monitoring encompassed the months of July through mid-October, for a total of 16 weeks. A total of 116 bat carcasses were located by searchers, with a corrected estimated total for the season … Continue reading
Kill rate of hawks, owls, and other raptors most alarming
North Country Public Radio Listen to 5 min. Interview with Ornithologist Bill Evans A recent study of bird and bat mortality at Wolfe Island’s 82-turbine wind farm is raising concerns among environmentalists. Wolfe Island is where Lake Ontario empties into … Continue reading
Wind turbine turned off to halt seabird slaughter
By Laura Kitching, Dorset Echo, http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk 3 July 2010 A £20,000 wind turbine brought in to make a Portland primary school more environmentally friendly has been turned off because it was killing seabirds. Headteacher Stuart McLeod, of Southwell Community Primary … Continue reading
Wind power would sow avian megadeath
Financial Post Diane Katz is to be congratulated for raising a flag with respect to bird mortality from wind turbines, but she only tells half of the story. If one is serious about replacing hydrocarbons with wind-generated electricity, then it … Continue reading
Media double standard on bird kills
Diane Katz, Financial Post Environmental groups are gloating over the conviction last week of Syncrude Canada Ltd., which now faces fines totalling $800,000 for failing to prevent the deaths of 1,606 ducks that alighted on a company tailings pond two … Continue reading
Extremely High turbine kill rates were what company expected
Posted By Paul Schliesmann Today’s Farmer An American bird specialist says no one should be surprised by the numbers of bats and birds being killed by wind turbines on Wolfe Island. “Environment Canada ranked the site as their highest level … Continue reading
