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Wind Farm is Eagle Killing Machine
Posted on 3/12/14 at 6:58 am
Posted on 3/12/14 at 6:58 am
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House Republicans are seeking to compel the Obama administration to turn over uncensored, internal documents related to its enforcement of environmental laws at wind farms where eagles and other protected birds have been killed.
The House Natural Resources Committee issued the subpoena Tuesday as part of a 10-month investigation into the enforcement policies and practices of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Justice Department, a news release said.
Only one wind energy company has been prosecuted for killing eagles and other birds in violation of federal law. Duke Energy pleaded guilty in November to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and will pay $1 million.
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An Associated Press investigation exposed how the Obama administration was failing to enforce the law for wind power, even as it used the same law against oil companies and power companies for drowning and electrocuting birds.
“There are serious concerns that the Obama Administration is implementing these laws in an arbitrary fashion," said the committee's chairman, Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash. "The administration has repeatedly chosen to only prosecute select violations."
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This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 7:02 am
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 7:14 am to Strannix
some power companies are more equal than others
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:07 am to Strannix
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the Obama Administration is implementing these laws in an arbitrary fashion,
It would only be news if the Obama administration didn't implement laws in an arbitrary fashion.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:39 am to Strannix
An eagle killed by a green energy wind farm is a minor sacrifice for the greater good. An eagle killed because it is covered in dirty oil is a true tragedy worthy of punishment.
It's not the death of an eagle that is important, only the cause of death.
It's not the death of an eagle that is important, only the cause of death.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:48 am to dante
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It's not the death of an eagle that is important, only the cause of death.
This is the truth.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:01 am to Strannix
I would normally attribute this to the law of unintended consequences. But it doesn't fit. When the Wind Farm idea was first floated during Carter's term one of the BIG arguments against it was the slaughter of birds. They knew it was gonna happen before they built them.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:13 am to Zach
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I would normally attribute this to the law of unintended consequences. But it doesn't fit. When the Wind Farm idea was first floated during Carter's term one of the BIG arguments against it was the slaughter of birds. They knew it was gonna happen before they built them.
Look, if whole species of birds go extinct altering the ecosystem permanently in unforeseen ways so that we can save the environment, then so be it.
You have to break some eggs to make an omelet.
Right?
RIGHT????
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:18 am to AlaTiger
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You have to break some eggs to make an omelet.
Hey, Uncle Joe!
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:21 am to Zach
Exactly.
FORWARD!!!
Eagle eggs, at that, I guess.
What's funny is that if they found an eagle's nest in a windmill, they would not be allowed to start the windmill up until it was safely removed or the eaglets had hatched. But, the windmills can kill full grown eagles and the government covers it up.
I like eagles.
FORWARD!!!
Eagle eggs, at that, I guess.
What's funny is that if they found an eagle's nest in a windmill, they would not be allowed to start the windmill up until it was safely removed or the eaglets had hatched. But, the windmills can kill full grown eagles and the government covers it up.
I like eagles.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:30 am to AlaTiger
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I like eagles.
Me too. There is a nest in the tallest pine across the lake from my house. I used to take my boat out there to look up at him with binoculars. He was staring down at me with his 'built in' binoculars.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 12:55 pm to dante
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It's not the death of an eagle that is important, only the cause of death.
Under the Left Wing Dictatorship Regimes, the only real crimes are political crimes.
So, you are correct.
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