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US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths
2013-05-14 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a windfarm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's windfarms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. Each death is...
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