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Allegheny Highlands Alliance comments on new Eagle “take” permits.
(Photo Courtesy of Larry Thomas – Pendelton County, WV) Environmental groups and the Senate GOP’s top environmental lawmaker are irate over a revised Interior Department rule, set to take effect in January, 2014. The modification will allow the Fish and Wildlife … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Highlands Alliance, Allegheny Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Archives, Bat/Bird Kills, Eagles, Endangered Species Act
Tagged Allegheny Highlands Alliance, American Wind Energy Association, baldeagle, eagle deaths, Endangered Species Act, Golden Eagle, incidental take permit, Marc Duchamp, Save Our Eagles International, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, wind farm
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“DARN … if we could only place more wind turbines!”
From the University of South Denmark: “Maybe the collapse (of the universe) has already started somewhere in the universe and right now it is eating its way into the rest of the universe. Maybe a collapsed is starting right now … Continue reading
Posted in Bat/Bird Kills, Denmark, Eagles, Endangered Species Act, US Fish &Wildlife, Wind Power subsidies
Tagged eagle kills, eagle kills at wind turbines, Endangered Species Act, incidental take permits, industrial wind bird kills, production tax credit, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, wind subsidies
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Killing Eagles – Rating The Responses (updated links)
Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades. (For your convenience, I’ve provided the complete FWS ruling as … Continue reading
Posted in Bat/Bird Kills, Endangered Species Act, Environment, Jon Boone, US energy policy, USFWS Guidelines
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, americanbirdconservancy, eagle kill at wind farm, eagle kills at wind turbines, Fish and Wildlife service, Golden Eagle, Jon Boone, National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Stop Ill Wind, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wind Power
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A Day Out With Zuli
AT Note: For best quality, please view in full screen.
Posted in Allegheny Front Alliance, Allegheny Highlands Alliance, Appalachian Mountains, Archives, Bat/Bird Kills, Friends and Citizens Groups
Tagged Allegheny Front Alliance, Allegheny Highlands Alliance, blackwater falls, Friends of Blackwater, industrial wind, Industrial Wind Environment, laurel mountain preservation association, mountaineer wind project, pinnacle wv, Save Western Maryland, west virginia mountains, wind turbine bat kills, zulima palacio
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Constellation Energy seeks Incidental Take Permit for Western Maryland industrial wind project
PRESS RELEASE Save Western Maryland Date: September 22, 2012 URGENT: For Immediate Release Contact: Kimberly Connaughton 301-616-9693 Constellation Energy Files for ITP In 2010, Save Western Maryland, an Oakland based grassroots community action group, filed a federal lawsuit against Constellation … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Bat/Bird Kills, Endangered Species Act, incidental take permit, Save Western Maryland
Tagged backbone mountain, Constellation Energy, Criterion Industrial Wind Project, Endangered Species Act, incidental take permit, Indiana Bat, Kimberly Connaughton, Save Western Maryland, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Maryland industrial wind
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Vermont Wind Shenanigans and WV Endangered Species Kill – Wind Wise Radio
Urgent! Please tune in this evening (Sunday, August 26th) from 7:00 to 8:00 Eastern time on WWR, Wind Wise Radio at http://www.windwiseradio.org Tina Fitzgerald and Scott McLane from Vermont will be on to talk about the sordid goings on surrounding … Continue reading
Posted in Bat/Bird Kills, Wind Energy Shenanigans
Tagged art dodds, endangered bat kill, industrial wind, laural mountain preservation association, Master Naturalist, Pam Dodds, Registered Professional Geologist, scott mclane, tina fitzgerald, Vermont, Vermont wind shenanigans, West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wind Wise Radio
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American Bird Conservancy sues Federal Agencies over access to industrial wind correspondence.
Notes from the Media Release: In a lawsuit filed today (June 26, 2012) in Washington D.C. District Court American Bird Conservancy has accused the federal government of suppressing information about wind energy projects and their potential negative impact on America’s … Continue reading
US International Trade Commission (USITC) may block Mitsubishi Wind Turbine Imports
Too bad this didn’t happen before the noisy 2.4 MW (never used near homes before) Japanese turbines were installed on Green Mountain near Keyser, WV, making life unbearable for neighbors of the Pinnacle wind project. Combine this ruling from a … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Bat/Bird Kills, Endangered Species Act, Energy Ethics, incidental take permit, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle Wind Farm, US Fish &Wildlife, US WindForce, wind turbine noise
Tagged Edison Mission Group, Edison Mission Group financial condition, Endangered Species Act, GE Mitsubishi patent lawsuit, Green Mountain WV, incidental take permit, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle Wind Farm, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wind turbine noise
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China’s US wind strategy: “globalization through localization”
According to sources, China’s State Grid Corp is in talks to purchase an 80% controlling interest in US based AES Corp’s wind business. A Reuters article stated that China’s “cash-flush state-owned power companies” are on a buying spree and, it seems to me, the US wind … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Art & Pam Dodds, Bat/Bird Kills, Energy Subsidies, West Virginia Wind, Wind Energy Legislation, Wind Power subsidies
Tagged AES Laurel Mountain, China State Grid, China wind business, Goldwind US, Industrial wind subsidies, Lisa Linowes, LMPA, Mirgatory Bird Kills, production tax credit, Senator Bennet
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USFWS AGREES TO RECONSIDER SHAFFER MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL OPINION
PRESS RELEASE (Contact: Laura Jackson, Pres., Save Our Allegheny Ridges (SOAR), (814) 652–‐9268) FACED WITH NOTICE OF ESA VIOLATIONS, FWS AGREES TO RECONSIDER SHAFFER MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL OPINION The federally endangered Indiana bat won a significant reprieve recently when the U.S. … Continue reading
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