Posted on 12/17/2022 9:18:59 AM PST by grundle
An Orange-Bellied Parrot perched on the edge of a feeding bowl. The species is listed as being critically endangered.
Plans for a major new wind farm in Australia were given the thumbs up this month — on the provision its turbines go offline for five months a year to protect a parrot species.
In an environmental assessment report of the Robbins Island Renewable Energy Park, Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority said its board had "determined to approve the proposal" for the project, which could have as many as 122 wind turbines and is overseen by ACEN Australia.
One of the approval conditions relates to the Orange-bellied parrot, which the Australian government says is critically endangered.
"Unless otherwise approved in writing by the EPA Board, all WTG [wind turbine generators] must be shut down during the northern OBP migration period (1 March to 31 May inclusive) and the southern OBP migration period (15 September to 15 November inclusive)," the EPA document says.
In a statement last week, EPA board chair Andrew Paul said the organization had concluded that "significant mitigation measures" were needed in relation to "potential impacts on the orange-bellied parrot population."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
How are Australia’s nuclear power plants doing?
What’s that?...
Australia protects it’s parrots, but the environmentally-concerned US allows its windmills to kill song birds, golden eagles, and bats.
Someone must have forgotten to read the fine print in the permitting process!
Or is this an ex post facto permit condition?
I’m conflicted over this issue.
On one hand I am not into wind farms spreading out like urban sprawl...on the other hand I’m not into environmentalism as a weapon.
LOL
This article needs a meme. Or maybe just a gif.
That's important. We need to protect the birds. Hopefully we'll do that here in the U.S.
Bwahahahaha
Green energy
You must protect the orange-bellied parrot (which looks suspiciously like a parakeet) by shutting down the wind farm whenever the wind blows.
I enjoy watching the bird slicers work.
That’s ok, Australians can learn to CONSERVE during those periods.
Save the parrots ... screw the humans ... not literally of course
Wind turbines are Real Stupid and UNreliable.
...but popular among the scientifically ignorant.
No wonder those birds are in trouble! That one is obviously crapping in its feeding bowl.
Get another example of how gov’t can screw things up. The parrots get a 5-month free pass, but how about those who depend on that energy to power their ventilators?
Once coal and nuclear are dead, the “wind farms” that replace them are the new target for destruction.
Critical theory. Cloward-Piven. Total passion for criticism, zero intellectual content, stultification and intimidation of the public mind, and, finally, utter destruction of anything valuable that until now allowed society to grow and thrive.
Satire?
and they dint know this before...
I wish we had someone sane to prevent bird deaths. Worldwide.
T. Boone Pickens, megawealthy oil man was all in favor of wind farms, put some up but when he saw bird deaths, he got rid of them and told others to do the same. I met him one time. Terrific guy.
Nice looking bird!
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