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Court Sends 30-Year Eagle Kill Permits Back to Drawing Board
Post date:U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service staff said the agency's eagle "take permit" policy was unsound. Now a federal judge has backed them up.
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endangered species
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Nation's Landmark Bird Protection Law Likely to See Major Changes
Post date:Changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act could help law enforcement agencies. But those changes need to be done right.
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wind power
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Group Wants Independent Review of Wind Power Wildlife Deaths
Post date:A bird protection group is asking for independent monitoring of bird and bat deaths at wind power facilities.
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wind power
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Bird Conservation Group Wants Tighter Controls on Wind Industry
Post date:The group is calling on the feds to require wind firms to get permits to kill protected bird species.
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Conservationists Sue Feds Over Wind Turbine Eagle Rule
Post date:A group of individual conservationists and a national bird protection organization have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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invasive species
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I Can Haz Birdburger? Groups Say No to Outdoor Cats, Urge Federal Solution
Post date:The controversial issue of outdoor cats and their effect on wildlife just got a major boost in visibility. More than 200 wildlife protection groups, wildlife rehabilitation organizations, and university biology departments have signed a letter urging I...
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predators
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Should Cats be Kept Indoors? New Videos Promote Controversial Message
Post date:Two bird-protection groups reaffirm their stand on one of the most polarizing contemporary wildlife issues.
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birds
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Rare Cuckoo Needs Greater Protection, Group Urges
Post date:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to protect a vanishing California songbird by listing it under the Endangered Species Act, but a national bird protection group says that doesn't go far enough.
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Money Trumps Science? Feds Broaden Eagle-Kill Law, Enviro Groups Angry
Post date:In a long-anticipated move that has prompted howls of outrage from conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it will be extending the maximum length of the permits it's granting wind facility operators to injure or kill bald...
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genesis solar
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Water Birds Turning Up Dead at Solar Projects in the Desert
Post date:A ReWire investigation has revealed that since mid-March, two large industrial solar power plants in Riverside County's remote, arid desert may have killed or injured more than 20 birds commonly associated with lakes or wetlands rather than the open de...
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Alameda County
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CA Wind Facilities Want Permits That Will Allow Them to Harm Eagles
Post date:Four California-based wind power facilities have applied to the federal government for permits to harm eagles, ReWire has learned.
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wind
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Feds Approve Condor-Deadly Wind Energy Project
Post date:The Bureau of Land Management has given the thumbs-up to a Kern County wind project that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says is likely to kill at least one California condor.
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wind power
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Federal Agency Slammed Over 'Secretive' Eagle-Wind Energy Policy Proposal
Post date:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may eliminate most public oversight of wind turbine impacts on eagles.
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wind power
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76 Environmental Groups Rally to Save Whooping Cranes from Wind Proposal
Post date:Proposed wind installation in North Dakota threatens the critically endangered whooping crane, of which fewer than 400 remain in the wild.
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wind power
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4 Reasons Why it's a Bad Argument to Say Cats Kill More Birds Than Wind Turbines
Post date:Citing wildlife-killing cats to argue that the wind turbines don't pose a threat to birds and bats is fatally flawed logic.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bird Group Sues Feds over Disclosure on Wind Projects
Post date:Is the federal government suppressing information on the effects of wind power development on wild birds and bats?