{"id":4316,"date":"2012-05-05T06:33:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2012-05-05T06:33:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T14:33:34","slug":"from-huffingtonpost-ninety-environmental-groups-seeking-tougher-rules-on-wind-projects-robert-bryce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/from-huffingtonpost-ninety-environmental-groups-seeking-tougher-rules-on-wind-projects-robert-bryce\/","title":{"rendered":"(from HuffingtonPost) ‘Ninety Environmental Groups Seeking Tougher Rules on Wind Projects ‘ –Robert Bryce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic wind turbines are killing about 440,000 birds per year<\/a>. Since then, the wind industry has been riding a rapid growth spurt.<\/p>\n

But that growth has slowed dramatically due to a tsunami of cheap natural gas and hefty taxpayer subsidies. Even worse: that cheap gas looks like it will last for many years, and Congress has, so far, been unwilling to extend the 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour subsidy for wind operators that expires at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

And now, the wind industry is facing yet another big challenge: increasing resistance from environmental groups who are concerned about the effect that unrestrained construction of wind turbines is having on birds and bats. Ninety environmental groups<\/a>, led by the American Bird Conservancy, have signed onto the “bird-smart wind petition”<\/a> which has been submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service.<\/p>\n

It’s about time.<\/p>\n

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