Study: Wind Farms Killed 67 Eagles in 5
Years
from AP 11 Sep 2013, 11:00 AM
PDT
(AP) Study: Wind farms killed 67 eagles in
5 years
By DINA
CAPPIELLO
Associated
Press
WASHINGTON
Wind energy facilities have killed at
least 67 golden and bald eagles in the last five years, but the figure could be
much higher, according to a new scientific study by government
biologists.
The research represents one of the first
tallies of eagle deaths attributed to the nation's growing wind energy industry,
which has been a pillar of President Barack
Obama's plans to reduce the pollution blamed for global warming. Wind
power releases no air pollution.
But at a minimum, the scientists wrote,
wind farms in 10 states have killed at least 85 eagles since 1997, with most
deaths occurring between 2008 and 2012, as the industry was greatly expanding.
Most deaths _ 79 _ were golden eagles that struck wind turbines. One of the
eagles counted in the study was electrocuted by a power
line.
The president of the American Bird
Conservancy, Mike Parr, said the tally was "an alarming and concerning
finding."
A trade group, the American Wind Energy Association, said in a
statement that the figure was much lower than other causes of eagle deaths. The
group said it was working with the government and conservation groups to find
ways to reduce eagle casualties.
American Wind Energy
Association
Denise A. Bode is
the CEO for the American Wind Energy
Association, and David L.
Boren was her legal counsel.
Note: David L. Boren was
Denise A. Bode’s legal counsel,
and is a director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
D. Ronald Daniel
is a director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
Center for American Progress, the
Harlem Children's Zone, the
Robin Hood Foundation, and the
Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and a
benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Valerie B.
Jarrett is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great
uncle is Vernon E. Jordan
Jr.
Vernon E.
Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the
Brookings Institution (think tank),
Valerie B. Jarrett’s
great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a director at the American Friends of
Bilderberg (think tank), and a
2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the American Wind Energy
Association.
George R. Salem
was a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, and is a strategic adviser for DLA Piper.
Tom
Daschle was a special policy adviser at
Alston & Bird, the nominee for
health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, is a director
at the Center for American
Progress, a senior policy adviser for DLA Piper, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Melody C. Barnes
was the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, the EVP for
the Center for American Progress,
and is Barack Obama’s golf
partner
Alston & Bird
was the lobby firm for the American Wind
Energy Association.
DLA Piper was the
lobby firm for the American Wind Energy
Association.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is the New
York (NY)
mayor, a member of the Alfalfa
Club, and the founder for the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
Jeb Bush is a member of
the Alfalfa Club, and a director
at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation.
David L. Boren is a
director at the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, and was Denise A.
Bode’s legal counsel.
Denise A. Bode’s
legal counsel was David L. Boren,
and is the CEO for the American Wind Energy
Association.
Dianne Feinstein
is a member of the Alfalfa Club, a
U.S. Senate senator, and married
to Richard C.
Blum.
Richard C. Blum is
married to Senator Dianne
Feinstein, a honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a
governing council member for the Wilderness
Society.
Hansjorg Wyss is
a governing council member for the Wilderness
Society, and a director at the Center for American
Progress.
Melody C. Barnes
was the EVP for the Center for American
Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and is
Barack Obama’s golf
partner
Tom
Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress, a senior
policy adviser for DLA Piper, was
a special policy adviser at Alston &
Bird, the nominee for health and human services secretary for the
Barack Obama administration, and
a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
DLA Piper was the
lobby firm for the American Wind Energy
Association.
Alston & Bird
was the lobby firm for the American Wind
Energy Association.
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