Posted on 04/06/2022 10:34:22 AM PDT by george76
A U.S. wind power developer pleaded guilty to multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after its wind turbine blades allegedly killed more than 135 bald and golden eagles across the country.
The company, ESI Energy, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of violations in the form of golden eagle deaths. Prosecutors said the birds were documented to have been killed by blunt force trauma after being struck by its wind turbine blades at its facilities in Wyoming or New Mexico, where ESI had not applied for the necessary permits.
As part of the settlement, ESI “acknowledged that at least 150 bald and golden eagles have died in total” at its 50 U.S. facilities since 2012, federal prosecutors said, including at least 136 deaths that were “affirmatively determined to be attributable to the eagle being struck by a wind turbine blade.”
As part of its plea deal, ESI also agreed to pay a hefty settlement, which includes nearly $1.9 million in fines, $6.2 million in restitution, and an additional fee of up to $27 million, payable over the next five years, to help mitigate future eagle deaths at its facilities.
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ESI is also tasked with applying for federal permits at each of its 50 facilities across the U.S. where future bald or golden eagle deaths have been documented or are otherwise predicted.
Bald and golden eagles are currently protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, which prohibits the killing and wounding of eagles without permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has a long history of working closely with the wind power industry to identify best practices in avoiding and minimizing the impacts of land-based wind energy facilities on wildlife, including eagles,” said Edward Grace, assistant director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement.
This agreement holds ESI and its affiliates accountable for years of unwillingness to work cooperatively with the Service and their blatant disregard of wildlife laws, and finally marks a path forward for the benefit of eagles and other wildlife resources entrusted to the Service’s stewardship," Grace added.
Yep. The left’s attitude is ‘either the eagles or us’.
So..... How many did they and others kill aside from these permit-less kills????
IIRC, the tips of those turbine blades are moving at around 200mph.
You have it right.
Yes, but let an oil pipeline leak a drop and see what happens.
Restitution likely to leftists to further their revolution - Great Reset... and to buy multiple mansions like the BLM leaders did?
Essentially, that's the crux of it. It's informally referred to a "take permit".
Obama allowed Wind Turbines to legally kill Eagles.. the rotor blades of wind turbines to butcher 4,200 bald eagles and 40,000 golden eagles per year ..
On January 17, 2017, the number of bald eagles that can be killed (annually) by wind farms was increased from 1,100 to 4,200... Obama thru the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued new 30-year permits that allow the additional eagles to be killed or injured without prosecution under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act..
Uncle Sugar.
Desert tortoises are Solar energy victims..
https://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-tortoise-is-collateral-damage-in-the-mojave-desert
But solar on the roof or anywhere on one's property and meant to feed power to just that one family can be quite practical if you do it correctly (and have variables in your favor like living in the south where we get lots of sun).
LOL!
Well, the children of the dead eagles will be taken care of.
Given the numbers in post 28, the children will be dead, too.
I think these bird killers are a good thing.
IF I recall correctly they got a pass with killing so many Bald Eagles a year.
hehehe
***where ESI had not applied for the necessary permits***
So, does the Government now issue bag limits for Bald Eagles?
Do they now shut down the wind farm when the bag limit is reached?
Bump
obammy allowed this, so he should be arrested.
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