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BIRD’S EYE VIEW: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOCUSES ON WIND ENERGY
Two recent developments signal the federal government’s increased attention to the effects of wind energy projects on birds, including collisions with wind turbines, towers, and power lines, electrocution, and abandonment of nests and habitat. First, on November 22, 2013, Duke Energy Renewables pleaded guilty to criminal violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by killing 14 golden eagles and 149 other protected birds in the operation of two wind energy projects in Wyoming. Duke agreed with the Department of Justice to pay $1 million in fines and other payments in this first criminal prosecution of a wind project for bird deaths. Second . . .
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