When is it perfectly legal to kill a Bald Eagle?

American Thinker ^ | 07/03/2014 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

In their quest to green up America, the Obama administration has given wind farm owners dispensation to kill Bald and Golden Eagles who fly into their turbines and are chopped to pieces.

“Preferred energy policy favoring wind produces double standards. Think of the rancor if oil and gas companies were allowed such a government dispensation,” said Mr. Sandoval. “Thirty years represents not only the theoretical life cycle of the turbines themselves, but an eternity in public policy. No other industry is allowed ‘takings’ permits that last an entire generation.”

If a fossile fuel company were to receive a waiver that allowed it to kill a certain number of birds in an oil spill, people on the left would be livid.

But it's more than that:

"We know we need renewables, and that’s fine. We’re not saying shut them down, we’re just saying, ‘Hey, enough’s enough, bring them into the same ballpark that everyone else is in,’” said Mr. Johns. “Give them regulations, tell them where they need to site these things, where they shouldn’t site them. Don’t give them a set of, ‘Gee, it would be nice if you did this, but if you don’t, it’s OK.’”

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Among those stunned by the agency’s move were residents of King Cove, Alaska. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell ruled in December that those in the remote fishing village could not build an 11-mile gravel road to a nearby airport because it would affect eelgrass that serves as a way-stop meal for migratory birds.

[MrB]

Another situation in which it is perfectly acceptable to kill an eagle:

[Billthedrill]

The Eagle Menace is exaggerated. You don’t see any more than 30,000 people killed by eagles per month. 40,000 tops. And most of them had it coming.

[Sacajaweau]

Time to outlaw windex!!

[Vermont Lt]

But only if carrying “tusin and skittles.

[lostboy61]

Today's recipe will be a finely chopped Bald Eagle in a wonderful white wine sauce. Remember to use only green energy to chop those birds.