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Planned wind farm told it will need to shut down for five months a year to protect parrots
msn.com ^ | December 12, 2022 | Anmar Frangoul

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 β€” 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."

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1 posted on 12/17/2022 9:18:59 AM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

How are Australia’s nuclear power plants doing?

What’s that?...


2 posted on 12/17/2022 9:21:34 AM PST by EEGator
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To: grundle

Australia protects it’s parrots, but the environmentally-concerned US allows its windmills to kill song birds, golden eagles, and bats.


3 posted on 12/17/2022 9:22:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: grundle

Someone must have forgotten to read the fine print in the permitting process!
Or is this an ex post facto permit condition?


4 posted on 12/17/2022 9:23:23 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: grundle

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.


5 posted on 12/17/2022 9:26:40 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Leep

LOL
This article needs a meme. Or maybe just a gif.


6 posted on 12/17/2022 9:34:03 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: PIF
Australia protects it’s parrots, but the environmentally-concerned US allows its windmills to kill song birds, golden eagles, and bats.

That's important. We need to protect the birds. Hopefully we'll do that here in the U.S.

7 posted on 12/17/2022 9:35:03 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: grundle

Bwahahahaha

Green energy


8 posted on 12/17/2022 9:36:41 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: grundle

You must protect the orange-bellied parrot (which looks suspiciously like a parakeet) by shutting down the wind farm whenever the wind blows.


9 posted on 12/17/2022 9:40:13 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: grundle

I enjoy watching the bird slicers work.


10 posted on 12/17/2022 9:41:33 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: grundle

That’s ok, Australians can learn to CONSERVE during those periods.


11 posted on 12/17/2022 9:43:31 AM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 11 degrees, brrrr!)
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To: grundle

Save the parrots ... screw the humans ... not literally of course


12 posted on 12/17/2022 9:53:11 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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Wind turbines are Real Stupid and UNreliable.

...but popular among the scientifically ignorant.


13 posted on 12/17/2022 9:57:00 AM PST by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: grundle

No wonder those birds are in trouble! That one is obviously crapping in its feeding bowl.


14 posted on 12/17/2022 10:26:03 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: grundle

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?


15 posted on 12/17/2022 10:27:28 AM PST by econjack
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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.


16 posted on 12/17/2022 10:33:14 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: grundle

Satire?


17 posted on 12/17/2022 10:40:01 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: grundle

and they dint know this before...


18 posted on 12/17/2022 10:43:40 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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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.


19 posted on 12/17/2022 10:43:41 AM PST by Veto! (FJB sucks rocks)
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To: grundle

Nice looking bird!


20 posted on 12/17/2022 10:45:52 AM PST by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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