Eagle-killing rule almost done

[valhalla]

OK, no secret that I hate windmills because they kill bats and migrating birds, so I'll just report and you can decide:

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/192201-white-house-finalizes-review-of-permits-for-eagle-deaths

 

I will say that I wonder why we brought them back from the brink, if they are going to be shot for windmills!  Not shot to protect human lives (like near an airport).

[Kris G.]

I don't think this means they're going to be shot. My take is that if an Eagle gets killed by a windmill, this covers the Windmill company from any liability for its death.

[valhalla]

Was all over FNC this morning and the windmill and solar energy people can shoot them if they get in the way.  Wonder if the taxpayer will be paying for the bullets, since we are funding the rest of the operation?

[Kris G.]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday it will allow some companies to kill or injure bald and golden eagles for up to 30 years without penalty, an effort to spur development and investment in green energy while balancing its environmental consequences.
The change, requested by the wind energy industry, will provide legal protection for the lifespan of wind farms and other projects for which companies obtain a permit and make efforts to avoid killing the birds.

Under the change announced Friday, companies would have to commit to take additional measures if they kill or injure more eagles than they have estimated they would, or if new information suggests that eagle populations are being affected. The permits would be reviewed every five years, and companies would have to submit reports of how many eagles they kill. Now such reporting is voluntarily, and the Interior Department refuses to release the information.
"This is not a program to kill eagles," said John Anderson, the director of siting policy at the American Wind Energy Association. "This permit program is about conservation.


http://news.yahoo.com/wind-power-us-extends-permit-eagle-deaths-145931345--finance.htmlhttp://

[Patti from Kentucky]

Audubon has an action item requesting that we send comments to interior secretary Jewell.
http://www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1549&

Not that I think it'll do any good...but it should only take a minute and can't hurt.

[Kris G.]

Audubon has an action item requesting that we send comments to interior secretary Jewell.
http://www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1549&

Not that I think it'll do any good...but it should only take a minute and can't hurt.

I emailed my comments earlier today...very easy to do.

[valhalla]

Audubon has an action item requesting that we send comments to interior secretary Jewell.
http://www.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1549&

Not that I think it'll do any good...but it should only take a minute and can't hurt.

So agree, Patti.

For those who don't know, I sit on my front porch, or run along the Boardwalk and see Bald Eagles in abundance at this time of year.  It kills me to think that one might be killed for anything less than a human life (green energy is WAYYYYYYYYYYYY less than a human life).  Even one......

Did you know that if you find a Bald Eagle FEATHER on the ground that it is against the law to keep it.  You MUST turn it over to the Dept of the Interior (Indian Affairs).