| A Blind Stupid Kin Of This Eagle Got Chopped By A Windmill |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting an investigation after a golden eagle was killed in late February at the Spring Valley Wind Farm, about 300 miles north of Las Vegas.
San Francisco-based Pattern Energy, which owns the 152-megawatt wind energy project, reported the dead bird and turned it over to federal authorities within 36 hours of its discovery.
“They did all the things they were supposed to because of an eagle death,” said Jeannie Stafford, spokeswoman for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Nevada.
Even so, the wind farm could face a fine of up to $200,000 because it does not hold a federal “take” permit that would allow the incidental death of a golden or bald eagle.
Stafford said the matter is under investigation by the service’s Office of Law Enforcement.
The $225 million facility went online in August as the first utility-scale wind farm in Nevada and the first to be built on federal land anywhere in the United States.
It features 66 turbines, each roughly 400 feet tall, scattered over 7,500 acres at the heart of the vast Spring Valley, which runs north-south for about 110 miles between the Schell Creek and Snake mountain ranges in eastern Nevada.
Stafford said Spring Valley is not a breeding ground for golden eagles, but the large birds of prey do migrate through the area and forage for food there. http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/eagle-death-nevada-wind-farm-brings-federal-scrutiny
I think the U.S. Fish and Wild Life service also overreacted. The company followed the law and now faces a fine of $200,000 because a stupid and blind golden eagle didn't see these big windmills.
But what is a liberal to do?
Side with green energy and allow birds eagles to be killed or kill green energy like and support coal, natural gas or nuclear energy.
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