Obama to rule to allow wind farms it is OK to KILL golden and bald eagles for the next 30 more years
The Obama administration is about to approve a rule that will ensure the death of golden and bald eagles for the next 30 more years.
Hundreds of thousands of birds die each year flying into the deadly turbine blades atop the soaring towers that compose wind farms. The rule will give wind farms thirty year permits for the “non purposeful take of eagles-that is where the take is associated with but not the purpose of, the activity.’’ The take of eagles is also a euphemism for the slaughter of them.
The wind farms fulfill Obama’s ambitious pursuit of developing renewable energy sources. Unfortunately, some bird species being destroyed by the turbines are not renewable. As a result, Obama finds himself wedged between the ire of opposing green groups. In July, wildlife groups met with administration officials and lobbied against the granting of 30 year permits for energy companies that own the wind farms.
Wildlife groups are advocating shorter leases and insist that a 30-year free pass for eagle “taking” is too long. They argue that before we are stuck with three decades of the rule, there are still some unanswered questions about how to prevent the destroying of the birds. Julie Falkner, the Defenders of Wildlife’s Senior Director of Renewable Energy Programs pondered, “The question is what is the science telling us about how to prevent eagle takings, and we’re still waiting for the science to tell us how that works.”
Wild Thing’s comment…………..
FUBO
The eagle is the symbol of America. Of course he would authorize this.
Windfarms would be a non event if it was not for govt. subsidies. I smelled a rat back when Ted Boone Pickens got into wind farming. I knew he knew how to milk the govt. for money.
BTW. It is a federal offense to possess an eagle feather unless you are an Indian. You cannot even pick up an eagle feather off the ground. One women made a dream catcher out of eagle feathers she found on the ground. She sent that dream catcher to the Clintons and was arrested and prosecuted for obtaining eagle feathers. I think she was found guilty and put on a long probation. All this the result of a chicken shit federal attorney enforcing an obscure law.