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Wind Turbines and Bird Collisions?

Written by Jackie During
Saturday, 13 June 2009
ABC News reports that due to continuing pressure from environmental organisations there has been a change in the attitude and behavior of wind developers and the federal government. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wind Power is considered one of the "greenest" methods of generating power, other than the noise and threat of birds being killed by the massive turbine blades. Although it is important that these wind farms not be placed in migration paths and that R&D be done in to methods of detering birds from flying through the wind farms, research has shown that bird fatalities are relatively low (very much lower than power lines and other man-made structures) and birds generally steer clear of the turbines. ! » No Comments There are no comments up to now. » Post Comment Only registered users can write a comment. Please login or register. Related news items: 04/02/2012 15:25 - WINNER OF THE DECEMBER 2011 TOTW! 02/02/2012 12:23 - WORLD WETLANDS DAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2012 19/01/2012 12:10 - latest news from the little rahab center; Jake's story... 12/12/2011 11:03 - WINNER OF THE OCTOBER 2011 TOTW! 04/11/2011 17:28 - TOTW 01/11/2011 14:30 - The little rehab center...latest news 28/10/2011 16:24 - PHOWN news - Biodiversity Week 02/09/2011 15:39 - latest news from the little rahab center; Jake's story...