Read here and here. The anti-CO2 greens and liberal/progressive/Democrats have been at the forefront of pushing wind turbines as renewable energy sources. Yet these million dollar machines are wreaking havoc and mayhem on birds and bats - it's man-made, environmentalist-caused species extinction in full progress.
In California, they are finally investigating the slaughter:
"An investigation has been launched into the deaths of migratory birds including several federally protected golden eagles at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Pine Tree Wind Project...Should the inquiry result in a prosecution, the 120-megawatt facility on 8,000 acres of rugged terrain would be the first wind farm to face charges under the Endangered Species Act..."
"Scores of the protected birds have been dying each year after colliding with the blades of about 5,000 wind turbines...Now the drive for renewable power sources, such as wind and the sun, being promoted by President Obama and state Governor Jerry Brown has raised fears that the number of newborn golden eagles may not be able to keep pace with the number of turbine fatalities..."It would take 167 pairs of local nesting golden eagles to produce enough young to compensate for their mortality rate related to wind energy production.""
Previous wind/solar postings.