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Wind:
A proposed wind turbine installation in North Dakota poses a threat to the critically endangered whooping crane, of which fewer than 400 remain in the wild.
Concentrating Solar:
The Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System, proposed by BrightSource Energy for the Pahrump Valley in Inyo County, would destroy half the known occurrences of a rare plant in California, according to the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) -- and the California Energy Commission (CEC) isn't doing enough to make sure that loss of population won't result in the plant's extinction in the state, says the group.
Wildlife:
Some people, prominent environmentalists among them, are citing recent reports about wildlife-killing cats to argue that the threat wind turbines pose to birds and bats is far lower, and thus not a big deal. But that argument is fatally flawed both logically and ecologically. Here's why.
Wind:
A years-long campaign to reduce bird mortality at the Altamont Pass wind turbine area has cut deaths of eagles and three other bird of prey species by about 50 percent since 2005.
Wind:
The operator of a proposed wind turbine facility near the city of Mojave got the thumbs-up for its project from Kern County supervisors, but only on the condition that there's a way to monitor California condors and shut down turbines if the birds come too close.
Concentrating Solar:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the California Energy Commission needs to provide more data on potential risks to wildlife, especially migratory birds, from the proposed Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Station.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Another industrial solar plant on public lands gets closer to approval in the California Desert.
The Grid:
The Interior Department approves a transmission line across an Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
Wildlife:
A German study suggests individual wind turbines may kill bats from thousands of miles away, which has troubling implications for California species.
Solar PEIS:
Environment groups file formal protests of the Obama administration's publi lands solar plan.
Wind:
Mainstream greens and wind industry groups ask for special input as eagle protection rules are rewritten.
Solar PEIS:
There's too much tortoise habitat in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone to avoid, says the federal government.
Wind:
A judge refuses to stop a Tehachapi wind project that may pose harm to California condors.
Wind:
Plaintiffs in a wind facility case will argue for an injunction to protect California condors.
Wildlife:
Renewable development, if done carelessly, can harm wildlife populations. Scientists gathering in Oakland this week discuss how, and why we need to do better.
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